Kintrae is a hamlet in the parish of Spynie,

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, originally located on the southern shore of Loch Spynie. The name is Celtic, meaning “the top of the tide”. Kintrae was the site of a church that was already being described as ancient ("''veteri ecclesia de Kyntra''") in a charter of 1203 to 1222. This was probably connected to nearby Inchagarty ("Island of the Priest"), which lies 0.5 km to the west of Kintrae on a slight rise, and would originally have been an island in the loch.

History

A charter was given to

William, son of Freskin William, son of Freskin (died c. 1203), Lord of Duffus and Strathbrock, was a Scoto-Flemish noble. He was the eldest son of Freskin, a Flemish settler who arrived in Scotland in the reign of King David I of Scotland.G.W.S. Barrow, "Badenoch an ...

from King William I of Scotland, of the lands of Kintrae between 1165 and 1171. Kintrae was sold by

Alexander Stuart, 5th Earl of Moray Alexander Stuart, 5th Earl of Moray (8 May 1634 – 1 November 1701), was a Scottish peer who held senior political office in Scotland under Charles II and his Catholic brother, James II & VII. He was first brought into government in 1676 by t ...

to Alexander Sutherland, 1st Lord Duffus in 1653. The estate was purchased by Archibald Dunbar of Northfield who then sold Kintrae to

John Gordon, 16th Earl of Sutherland John Gordon, 16th Earl of Sutherland (1661–1733) was a Scottish nobleman and army officer. He was the only son of George Gordon, 15th Earl of Sutherland (1633–1703), and his wife, Jean Wemmyss.

in 1729.

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