Stonehaven

Stonehaven (locally Stanchive), a seaport and (since 1607) the county town of Kinardineshire, 16 miles SSW. of Aberdeen, is situated on a rocky bay at the mouth of Carron Water, which divides it into an Old and New Town. The harbour, formed since 1826, can admit only small vessels; but Stonehaven has very considerable herring and haddock fisheries. It was constituted a police-burgh in 1889. Pop. (1841) 3012; (1891) 4497. See DUNNOTTAR.