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Laurencekirk is a village in the historical region of Kincardineshire, Scotland, simply off the A90 Dundee to Aberdeen main road, which bypassed it in 1985. It is administered as part of Aberdeenshire. It is the biggest settlement in the Howe o’ the Mearns area and also houses the local high school; Mearns Academy, which was granted the Charter Mark in 2003. Its old name was Conveth, an anglification of the Gaelic Coinmheadh, describing a commitment to offer free food and also board to passing soldiers. Laurencekirk remains in the valley between the Hill of Garvock and the Cairn O’ Mount. The renowned spots of the Johnston Tower can be seen on the optimal of the Garvock. Laurencekirk was, in the past, recognized for making snuff boxes with a special type of closed joint (referred to as a “Laurencekirk hinge”) invented by James Sandy. Laurencekirk Golf Club (currently inoperative) initially showed up in the very early 1900s. The club closed at the time of WW2. Lewis Grassic Gibbon created much about The Mearns as well as the surrounding location in his publication Sunset Song. A homage centre can be seen at Arbuthnott a couple of miles from Laurencekirk. Fred Urquhart worked on the land at Laurencekirk in the 2nd World War, and his narratives take advantage of his observations of country life below.