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Kincardine and Deeside was one of five local government districts in the Grampian region of Scotland. Its council was based in Stonehaven. It was created in 1975 and abolished in 1996, when the area was included in the Aberdeenshire council area.




History


This region is rich in prehistory with numerous megalithic sites, notable in the earliest period of recorded history with several significant Roman sites. The region is also traversed by several ancient trackways across the Grampian Mountains, including the Causey Mounth and Elsick Mounth. In addition there is evidence of ancient burials from the Beaker Period.
The district was created on 16 May 1975 under the Local Government (Scotland) Act 1973, which established a two-tier structure of local government across Scotland comprising upper-tier regions and lower-tier districts. Kincardine and Deeside was one of five districts created within the Grampian region. The district covered most of the historic county of Kincardineshire and part of the neighbouring county of Aberdeenshire. The new district covered the whole area of ten former districts and parts of another two, which were all abolished at the same time:
From Aberdeenshire

Aberdeen district (Drumoak parish only)
Ballater burgh
Deeside district
From Kincardineshire

Banchory burgh
Inverbervie burgh
Laurencekirk burgh
Laurencekirk district
Lower Deeside district (except the parish of Nigg, which went to the City of Aberdeen)
St Cyrus district
Stonehaven burgh
Stonehaven district
Upper Deeside district
The regions and districts created in 1975 were abolished in 1996, being replaced by council areas. The area of Kincardine and Deeside was merged with the Banff and Buchan and Gordon districts to become the new Aberdeenshire council area.




Political control


The first election to the district council was held in 1974, initially operating as a shadow authority alongside the outgoing authorities until it came into its powers on 16 May 1975. Political control of the council from 1975 until its abolition in 1996 was as follows:




Premises


The council was based at Viewmount on Arduthie Road in Stonehaven. The building had been the headquarters of Kincardineshire County Council since 1935. It had been built in 1881 as a house, and by the 1920s had been converted to offices. Following a fire in 1932 it was largely rebuilt and extended in order to become the county council's main offices and meeting place, being formally opened as such on 8 May 1935.
After the council's abolition in 1996, Viewmount became an area office for the successor Aberdeenshire Council.




Places of interest


Dunnottar Castle
Fowlsheugh Nature Reserve
Muchalls Castle
Portlethen Moss




See also


Subdivisions of Scotland




References






Bibliography


C. Michael Hogan (2007) Elsick Mounth, The Megalithic Portal, ed A. Burnham
A. Small, Margaret Bruce and Ian A.G. Shepherd (1988) A Beaker Child Burial from Catterline, Kincardine and Deeside, Proc. Soc. Antiquaries Scotland 118: 71-77

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