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History of Kintore · Historic Environment Scotland

7 listed buildings, 1 of them in the top category

On the Historic Environment Scotland list, all of them stand inside Kintore’s locality, 15 for every 10,000 residents. It also has 2 scheduled monuments.

Listed buildings
7
15 per 10,000 residents
Category A
1
national importance
Category B
5
regional importance
Scheduled monuments
2
nationally important sites
In pictures

Landmarks of Kintore

Tap a photo to step through them full screen.

Photos from Wikimedia Commons and Geograph, copied to our own server, each credited to its photographer with its licence; names open the building’s page or its official list entry.

The map

Where Kintore’s history is

Every Category A and B building, monument and historic park.

Historic Environment Scotland lists buildings in three categories: Category A for buildings of national or international importance (about 7.5% of listed buildings), Category B for buildings of regional importance (about 50%), and Category C for buildings of local importance (about 43%). Listing protects the whole building, inside and out.

Every entry on Historic Environment Scotland’s designations whose point lies inside the NRS 2022 locality boundary. One list entry can cover a terrace or a group of buildings.

Category A

The Category A listed building in Kintore

Buildings of national or international importance, about 7.5% of all listed buildings. Every one is photographed. Each opens its own page, with the official list entry.

Category B

The 5 Category B listed buildings in Kintore

Buildings of regional importance. 1 is photographed.

Category C

1 Category C listed building

This category covers buildings of local importance. Open any building to read its official list entry.

All 1 Category C listed buildings, A to Z
Monuments & landscapes

Monuments, parks and gardens

Designations that overlap the town by a tenth of their area or half a hectare.

2 scheduled monuments

Nationally important archaeological sites and monuments, protected by law; work on them needs consent from Historic Environment Scotland.

Kintore, symbol stone near church
Kintore, symbol stone near churchCrosses and carved stones: symbol stone
Midmill,long cairn,400m SSE of Tuach HillPrehistoric ritual and funerary: long cairn
Born here

4 notable people born in Kintore before 1900

Their lives on one timeline, earliest first.

John Duthie
James Park
Caroline Phillips
Arthur King
1800182518501875190019251950
James Park
James Park1857–1946 · New Zealand geologist and surveyor (1857-1946)
CP
Caroline Phillips1870–1956 · Scottish suffragette and journalist. Honorary secretary of the Aberde…
AK
Arthur King1887– · Scottish footballer
John Duthie
John Duthie1841–1915 · New Zealand politician (1841-1915)

Everyone born in Kintore → Birthplaces from Wikidata; portraits from Wikimedia Commons.

Neighbours

Listed buildings in the places around Kintore

TownPeopleListedCategory AHistory
Kintore4,54571—
Blackburn2,98510—
Kemnay3,86450—
Inverurie15,115260—
Westhill11,77880—
Newmachar2,52710—
Dyce6,99820—
Kingswells4,77630—
In brief

Kintore in brief

The official list counts 7 listed buildings in Kintore, 1 of them in the top category, including Kintore Town House the Square. James Park (1857), Caroline Phillips (1870) and Arthur King (1887) are among the 4 people born here before 1900. Beyond that, it has one Category A building, about typical for a town its size (the middle one has 0); the list grew between 1972 and 2004; and it also has 2 scheduled monuments.

Questions about Kintore’s history

How many listed buildings are there in Kintore?

Historic Environment Scotland lists 7 buildings inside Kintore’s locality: 1 Category A, 5 Category B and 1 Category C.

What are the Category A listed buildings in Kintore?

One: Kintore Town House the Square.

Are there scheduled monuments in Kintore?

Yes, 2 scheduled monuments, including Kintore, symbol stone near church and Midmill,long cairn,400m SSE of Tuach Hill.

Who was born in Kintore?

Among people born before 1900: James Park (1857), Caroline Phillips (1870), Arthur King (1887) and John Duthie (1841).

Kintore has no History Grade.

Listed buildings, scheduled monuments, gardens and designed landscapes, battlefields, conservation areas and World Heritage Sites: Historic Environment Scotland, Open Government Licence v3.0. Check an entry on Historic Environment Scotland’s portal before relying on it.

Sources: Historic Environment Scotland designations (listed buildings, scheduled monuments, gardens and designed landscapes, battlefields, World Heritage Sites), October 2026, inside the NRS 2022 locality boundary. All under the Open Government Licence v3.0.

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