Laurencekirk
Laurencekirk is a small town in the historical area of Kincardineshire, Scotland, just off the A90 Dundee to Aberdeen main road, which bypassed it in 1985. It is provided as part of Aberdeenshire. It is the largest settlement in the Howe o' the Mearns location as well as 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, describing a responsibility to supply complimentary food and also board to passing troops. Laurencekirk remains in the valley between capital of Garvock as well as the Cairn O' Mount. The well-known landmark of the Johnston Tower can be seen on the peak of the Garvock. Laurencekirk was, in the past, recognized for making snuff boxes with a special type of airtight joint (referred to as a "Laurencekirk joint") invented by James Sandy. Laurencekirk Golf Club (now obsolete) first showed up in the very early 1900s. The club shut at the time of WW2. Lewis Grassic Gibbon composed much concerning The Mearns as well as the bordering location in his book Sunset Song. A homage centre can be visited at Arbuthnott a couple of miles from Laurencekirk. Fred Urquhart worked with the land at Laurencekirk in the Second World War, as well as his narratives take advantage of his monitorings of country life here.
