Laurencekirk
Laurencekirk is a village in the historical region of Kincardineshire, Scotland, simply off the A90 Dundee to Aberdeen highway, which bypassed it in 1985. It is administered as part of Aberdeenshire. It is the biggest settlement in the Howe o' the Mearns location and houses the regional high school; Mearns Academy, which was granted the Charter Mark in 2003. Its old name was Conveth, an anglification of the Gaelic Coinmheadh, describing a commitment to provide complimentary food as well as board to passing soldiers. Laurencekirk remains in the valley in between capital of Garvock as well as the Cairn O' Mount. The famous site of the Johnston Tower can be seen on the top of the Garvock. Laurencekirk was, in the past, known for making snuff boxes with a special kind of closed hinge (referred to as a "Laurencekirk hinge") invented by James Sandy. Laurencekirk Golf Club (now inoperative) first appeared in the very early 1900s. The club closed at the time of WW2. Lewis Grassic Gibbon composed much concerning The Mearns and the bordering location in his publication Sunset Song. A homage centre can be seen at Arbuthnott a few miles from Laurencekirk. Fred Urquhart serviced the land at Laurencekirk in the 2nd World War, as well as his short stories make use of his monitorings of rural life below.
