Kinnesswood (listenⓘ; Scots: Kinaskit,[2] listenⓘ),[3] possibly from the Scottish Gaelic: Ceann eas ciad ("head of the waterfall of the wood") is a village in Perth and Kinross, Scotland, and is in the historic county of Kinross-shire.
[4] It was the birthplace in 1746 of the poet Michael Bruce who was born into a weaver's family and is remembered for his nature poetry in poems such as 'Ode To The Cuckoo' which Edmund Burke described as "the most beautiful lyric in our language".
[5] Bruce died from consumption at the early age of 21.
In 1829 meteorologist Alexander Buchan was born here.
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