Kinross-shire

Kinross -shire is one of the traditional counties in the east of Scotland. Historical capital and the eponymous town is the city of Kinross. Geographically Kinross -shire is dominated by Loch Leven, famous Loch Leven Castle, where the Mary Queen of Scots was imprisoned 1567/68.

As management, Kinross-shire was 1890-1929 and then received a joint management with the neighboring county of Perthshire. 1975 went to both counties in the District of Perth and Kinross Tayside region. The Tayside Region was dissolved in 1996; since Perth and Kinross is a unitary authority.

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  • Scottish county
  • Geography (Perth and Kinross )
Loch Leven (Kinross) Mary, Queen of Scots Administrative counties of Scotland County of Bute Inverness-shire County of Moray County of Nairn
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