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 carried out as part of Aberdeenshire. It is the largest negotiation in the Howe o' the Mearns area and houses the neighborhood 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 give totally free food and also board to passing troops. Laurencekirk remains in the valley between capital of Garvock and the Cairn O' Mount. The famous landmark of the Johnston Tower can be seen on the height of the Garvock. Laurencekirk was, in the past, recognized for making snuff boxes with a special kind of impermeable joint (referred to as a "Laurencekirk hinge") invented by James Sandy. Laurencekirk Golf Club (currently inoperative) initially showed up in the early 1900s. The club closed at the time of WW2. Lewis Grassic Gibbon composed much concerning The Mearns and also the surrounding area in his book Sunset Song. A tribute centre can be checked out at Arbuthnott a couple of miles from Laurencekirk. Fred Urquhart worked with the land at Laurencekirk in the Second World War, and also his short stories use his monitorings of country life here.