Laurencekirk
Laurencekirk is a small town in the historical county 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 area and also houses the neighborhood 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 offer free food and board to passing soldiers. Laurencekirk remains in the valley in between the Hill of Garvock and also the Cairn O' Mount. The famous spots of the Johnston Tower can be seen on the top of the Garvock. Laurencekirk was, in the past, recognized for making snuff boxes with a special kind of impermeable hinge (called a "Laurencekirk hinge") developed by James Sandy. Laurencekirk Golf Club (currently obsolete) initially appeared in the very early 1900s. The club shut at the time of WW2. Lewis Grassic Gibbon created much regarding The Mearns and the surrounding location in his publication Sunset Song. A tribute centre can be visited at Arbuthnott a few miles from Laurencekirk. Fred Urquhart worked with the land at Laurencekirk in the 2nd World War, and also his narratives make use of his monitorings of rural life below.
