Kinloch,_Coupar_Angus

Kinloch, Coupar Angus

Kinloch, Coupar Angus

Human settlement in Scotland

Not to be confused with Kinloch, Blairgowrie, a hamlet and civil parish seven miles to the west, also in Perth and Kinross.

Kinloch /ˈkɪnlɒx/ is a small settlement along the A94 road in the Coupar Angus and Meigle ward of the council area of Perth and Kinross in eastern Scotland.[1] Approximately 4+1⁄2 miles (7 kilometres) east is the village of Eassie, noted for the presence of the Eassie Stone; this carved Pictish stone is dated prior to the Early Middle Ages.[2]

Quick Facts OS grid reference, Council area ...

The most prominent building is Kinloch House, designed and built by the radical MP George Kinloch in 1798, replacing an older house on the same site.[3] From around 1972, until his death in 1989, Kinloch House was the residence of Captain the 6th Earl of Enniskillen, MBE, an Anglo-Irish aristocrat. Popularly known as David Enniskillen, he had been born into a famous Ulster family and had spent much of his life in Kenya.

See also

References

  1. [1]
    Kinloch, Gazetteer for Scotland. Accessed 1 November 2019
  2. [2]
    C. Michael Hogan, Eassie Stone, Megalithic Portal, editor A.Burnham, 7 October 2007
  3. [3]
    Kinloch House, Canmore. Accessed 1 November 2019


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