Laurencekirk is a village in the historic area of Kincardineshire, Scotland, just off the A90 Dundee to Aberdeen highway, which bypassed it in 1985. It is carried out as part of Aberdeenshire. It is the largest negotiation in the Howe o' the Mearns location and houses the regional secondary school; Mearns Academy, which was awarded the Charter Mark in 2003. Its old name was Conveth, an anglification of the Gaelic Coinmheadh, describing a commitment to offer complimentary food and board to passing troops. Laurencekirk is in the valley between capital of Garvock and the Cairn O' Mount. The renowned landmark 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 airtight joint (known as a "Laurencekirk hinge") invented by James Sandy. Laurencekirk Golf Club (now obsolete) initially showed up in the early 1900s. The club closed at the time of WW2. Lewis Grassic Gibbon created much concerning The Mearns and the bordering area in his publication Sunset Song. A tribute centre can be seen at Arbuthnott a few miles from Laurencekirk. Fred Urquhart serviced the land at Laurencekirk in the 2nd World War, and his short stories make use of his observations of rural life below.