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STONEHAVEN (locally Stanehive)

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Originally appearing in Volume V25, Page 961 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.
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STONEHAVEN (locally Stanehive)  , a police burgh, seaport and county
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town of Kincardineshire, Scotland, 15 M . S.S.W. of Aberdeen by
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rail . Pop . (1901), 4577 . It consists of two quarters, the old town picturesquely situated on the south
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bank of the Carron and the new on the
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land between this stream and the Cowie, the two being connected by the
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bridge which carries the main road from the south to Aberdeen . The
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principal buildings are the market-house and town hall, and the
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industries include distilling,
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brewing, tanning, the making of
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net, rope and twine and woollen manufactures . The harbour, a natural basin, is protected on the south-east by cliffs and has a quay . The trade is mostly in
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coal and lime and the exports are chiefly agricultural . The town is an important centre of the fishing industry, and has become a favourite watering-place . On the decay of Kincardine, the
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original capital, Stonehaven became the county town in 1600, and suffered heavily during the covenanting troubles, Montrose setting it on fire in 1645 . The Slug Road to Banchory-Ternan, or Upper Banchory (pop . 1475), 15 M. distant, a favourite residential resort of Aberdeen citizens, begins at Stonehaven .

It pursues mainly a

north-western direction, at one point being carried over the shoulder of Cairn mon-
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earn (1245 ft.) .

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