Laurencekirk
Laurencekirk is a small town in the historical region of Kincardineshire, Scotland, simply off the A90 Dundee to Aberdeen main road, which bypassed it in 1985. It is administered as part of Aberdeenshire. It is the biggest negotiation in the Howe o' the Mearns area as well as houses the local 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 responsibility to give free food as well as board to passing troops. Laurencekirk remains in the valley between capital of Garvock and also the Cairn O' Mount. The renowned site of the Johnston Tower can be seen on the height of the Garvock. Laurencekirk was, in the past, known for making snuff boxes with a special type of airtight hinge (called a "Laurencekirk joint") designed by James Sandy. Laurencekirk Golf Club (now inoperative) first showed up in the early 1900s. The club shut at the time of WW2. Lewis Grassic Gibbon created much about The Mearns and the surrounding location in his book Sunset Song. A tribute centre can be checked out at Arbuthnott a few miles from Laurencekirk. Fred Urquhart dealt with the land at Laurencekirk in the Second World War, as well as his narratives take advantage of his monitorings of rural life below.
