Kilrenny
Kilrenny
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Police | Scotland |
Fire | Scottish |
Ambulance | Scottish |
Kilrenny (Scottish Gaelic: Cill Reithnidh) is a village in Fife, Scotland. Part of the East Neuk, it lies immediately to the north of (but inland and separate from) Anstruther on the south Fife coast.[1]
The first element of the name is from the Scottish Gaelic cill, meaning 'church'. The '-renny' element may perpetuate a worn down form of Etharnan or Itharnan, an early churchman who 'died among the Picts' in 669 according to the Annals of Ulster."[2] That Kilrenny is of early Christian origin is suggested both by the Kil- element of the place-name, and by the Skeith Stone,[3] a carved stone with marigold motif (circa 700?) which stands to the west of the village, possibly marking an ancient area of sanctity.
The village was formerly Upper Kilrenny,[1] until nearby Lower Kilrenny changed its name to Cellardyke in the 16th century. The oldest part of the present church is the 15th-century tower, with the body of the building rebuilt in 1807–08 (re-using the original stones as building rubble).
The village is a conservation area[4] has many well-preserved houses in the local vernacular style, with crow-stepped gables, datestones, forestairs, pan-tiled roofs etc.
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ a b "Kilrenny: Overview". Gazetteer for Scotland. Retrieved 27 December 2017.
- ^ "Fife Place-name Data :: Kilrenny". fife-placenames.glasgow.ac.uk.
- ^ "Skeith Stone | Canmore". canmore.org.uk. Retrieved 15 September 2017.
- ^ "Kilrenny Conservation Area Appraisal and Management Plan". Fife Council. 5 April 2013. Retrieved 27 December 2017.