Laurencekirk
Laurencekirk is a village in the historical area of Kincardineshire, Scotland, simply off the A90 Dundee to Aberdeen main road, which bypassed it in 1985. It is provided as part of Aberdeenshire. It is the biggest negotiation in the Howe o' the Mearns location and also houses the local senior high school; Mearns Academy, which was granted the Charter Mark in 2003. Its old name was Conveth, an anglification of the Gaelic Coinmheadh, referring to a commitment to supply cost-free food as well as board to passing troops. Laurencekirk is in the valley between capital of Garvock as well as the Cairn O' Mount. The popular landmark of the Johnston Tower can be seen on the top of the Garvock. Laurencekirk was, in the past, understood for making snuff boxes with a special type of airtight hinge (referred to as a "Laurencekirk joint") invented by James Sandy. Laurencekirk Golf Club (now defunct) first showed up in the early 1900s. The club closed at the time of WW2. Lewis Grassic Gibbon created much about The Mearns and also the surrounding area in his book Sunset Song. A homage centre can be gone to at Arbuthnott a couple of miles from Laurencekirk. Fred Urquhart dealt with the land at Laurencekirk in the 2nd World War, as well as his short stories make use of his observations of rural life right here.