Castle Kennedy

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Castle Kennedy

Total population

146

Coordinates54.90°, -4.95°

Demographic figures from UK Office for National Statistics. Overview below cites Wikipedia and may reference a different year.

Overview

Castle Kennedy is a small village 3 miles (4.8 km) east of Stranraer in Dumfries and Galloway, south-west Scotland. It is on the A75 road, and is within the civil parish of Inch. The village is to the south of the Lochinch Castle estate, which includes the ruins of the 17th-century Castle Kennedy, as well as Castle Kennedy Gardens which are open to the public.

Geography

Coordinates & boundaries from the US Census TIGER/Line shapefiles.

Wildlife & biodiversity

Citizen-science & research observations from the Global Biodiversity Information Facility (GBIF).

Earthquake history

Events from the USGS Earthquake Catalog (global) (FDSN Event Web Service).

Notable people from here

John Ross

Scottish naval officer and polar explorer (1777–1856)

Colin Calderwood

Scottish association football manager (born 1965)

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David Broadfoot

Scottish naval hero (1899–1953)

Alex Fergusson

British politician (1949-2018)

Leander Starr Jameson

Prime Minister of the Cape Colony (1853-1917)

Kevin Kyle

Scottish footballer (born 1981)

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Hammy McMillan

Scottish and British curler

Callum Booth

Scottish footballer

William King

writer of a number of successful science-fiction and fantasy books

James Mavor

Canadian historian (1854-1925)

Allan Jenkins

Scottish footballer (born 1981)

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Allan Lyburn

curler

Andrew Blain Baird

Scottish aviator

Charles P. McClelland

United States judge (1854–1944)

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Eric Morris

Scottish footballer (born 1951)

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George Cloy

Scottish footballer (born 1959)

People born within ~10 km, from Wikidata (CC0). Click any name for their Wikipedia article.

Nearby places in Scotland

• Balcarry
  6.5 mi away
• Monreith
  19.6 mi away
• Bladnoch
  19.8 mi away
• Glasserton
  23.4 mi away
• Balmaclellan
  35.9 mi away
• Parton
  37 mi away
• Brae of Auchendrane
  37.2 mi away
• Blairston Mains
  37.9 mi away
• Balmaghie
  37.9 mi away
• Druid
  49.3 mi away
• Glenmidge
  51.5 mi away
• Sanquhar
  52.1 mi away

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Geography & sun

Elevation, sunrise/sunset and daylight from Open-Meteo. Solar climatology from NASA POWER.

Public attention

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Books about Castle Kennedy

The 'magnificent castle' of Culzean and the Kennedy family

Michael S. Moss · 2002

Clan and castle

C. J. Tabraham · 2008

Lake Dwelling in Its Landscape

Graeme Cavers · 2017

The complete poetical works

Robert Burns · 1786

Country House Murders

Thomas Godfrey · 1989

Culzean: a history and guidebook

Schomberg Scott · 1968

Scottish surnames

Paterson, James · 1866

The Cornhill Magazine

George Murray Smith · 1860

Search results from Open Library.

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