Kilspindie is a village in

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, Scotland. It is situated on the Kilspindie burn, approximately northwest of Errol, west of

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centre and east of

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. The village has an area of of which are arable land and are woodland, the local geology is mostly

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and

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. Records show there was a chapel in the village since at least 1214 though the current church, the ''Kilspindie and Rait Parish Church'', was built in 1670 and refurbished in 1938. The village previously housed the ''Kilspindie Castle'' which was demolished before 1670. Kilspindie village - geograph

In the Ordnance Gazetteer of Scotland (1882–84)

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described Kilspindie: The village is twinned with

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in France.

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Villages in Perth and Kinross {{PerthKinross-geo-stub