Kincardine
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  Kincardine Location withinFife | |
| Population | 2,940 (2020)[1] |
| • Edinburgh | 22 mi (35 km) |
| • London | 347 mi (558 km) |
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| Country | Scotland |
| Sovereign state | United Kingdom |
| Post town | ALLOA |
| Postcode district | FK10 |
| Dialling code | 01259 |
| Police | Scotland |
| Fire | Scottish |
| Ambulance | Scottish |
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| 56°04′08″N3°43′08″W / 56.069°N 3.719°W /56.069; -3.719 | |
Kincardine (/kɪnˈkɑːrdɪn/kin-KAR-din;Scottish Gaelic:Cinn Chàrdainn[2]) orKincardine-on-Forth is a town on the north shore of theFirth of Forth, inFife,Scotland. The town was given the status of aburgh of barony in 1663.[3] It was at one time a reasonably prosperous minor port. The townscape retains many good examples of Scottish vernacular buildings from the 17th, 18th and early 19th centuries, although it was greatly altered during the construction ofKincardine Bridge in 1932–1936. It is in the civil parish ofTulliallan.
The nameKincardine, recorded in 1540 asKincarne, may be of eitherPictish orGaelic origin[4] (It is also recorded asKincarnyne).[5] The second element is Pictish*carden, conceivablyloaned into Gaelic, meaning "woodland" or perhaps "enclosure, encampment" (Middle Welshcardden).[4] The first element is the Gaelicceann, "head end",[4] but in view of the second element's "Pictish" distribution, it is most appropriately seen as an adaptation or translation of the cognate Pictish*pen,[4] of the same meaning (Welshpen),[4] and the original form may have been*Pencarden.
Kincardine Bridge runs south from Kincardine. It is the main crossing-point of theFirth of Forth between theQueensferry Crossing andStirling. Kincardine Bridge used to be a swing bridge and opened to large ships, but this was closed in a final ceremony in 1988. The bridge had seven spans made of steel. There was a large control room at the top of the bridge, this used to be staffed to allow the operators to open the bridge to large ships and river traffic. In 2005, it was givenCategory A listed status byHistoric Scotland.[6]
During the last several decades, the town has suffered from increased congestion due to the increase of vehicles using the bridge. This heavy congestion was reduced in 2005 by the opening of an eastern bypass connecting the Kincardine bridge with the A985Inverkeithing/Forth Road Bridge artery. In 2008 the western section of the town was bypassed with the opening of theClackmannanshire Bridge.[7]
Kincardine is also the location of theScottish Police College atTulliallan Castle on the outskirts of the town.[8]
The chemist and physicist,James Dewar, was born in Kincardine in 1842.
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