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

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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 Fléac in France.

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