Kincardine

Kincardine gave its name to the old county of Kincardineshire on Scotland's north-east coast. Stonehaven, on the coast south of Aberdeen, later succeeded the older Kincardine as the county town. Stonehaven became a burgh in 1587 and grew in importance as an administrative and coastal centre. Dunnottar Castle stands on a rocky outcrop just south of the town, and in the early 1650s Cromwell's army besieged it for months to seize the Scottish Crown Jewels. The regalia had already been smuggled out by boat to the church at Kinneff, where they stayed hidden for eleven years.