Kilspindie is a village in
Perth and Kinross, Scotland. It is situated on the Kilspindie burn, approximately northwest of
Errol, west of
Dundee centre and east of
Perth
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. The village has an area of of which are arable land and are woodland, the local geology is mostly
whinstone
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Etymology
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,
amygdule
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and
trap
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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](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/3/3f/Kilspindie_village_-_geograph.org.uk_-_111698.jpg)
In the Ordnance Gazetteer of Scotland (1882–84)
Francis Groome
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described Kilspindie:
The village is twinned with
Fléac in France.
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References
Villages in Perth and Kinross
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