Kennet | |
---|---|
Location within
Clackmannanshire | |
OS grid reference | NS925910 |
Council area | |
Lieutenancy area | |
Country | Scotland |
Sovereign state | United Kingdom |
Post town | CLACKMANNAN |
Postcode district | FK10 |
Dialling code | 01259 |
Police | Scotland |
Fire | Scottish |
Ambulance | Scottish |
UK Parliament | |
Scottish Parliament | |
Kennet is a small former coal-mining village in Clackmannanshire, Scotland. It is located 1.5 kilometres (0.93 mi) south-east of Clackmannan, by the Kincardine railway line. The village is a conservation area, designated by Clackmannanshire Council. [1]
Kennet House, the seat of the Bruces of Kennet, was located to the west of the village ( grid reference NS918908). The house was built or rebuilt in the 1790s for the judge Robert Bruce, Lord Kennet. His descendant, the politician and banker Alexander Bruce, established a claim to the forfeited title of Lord Balfour of Burleigh in 1868. The house was demolished in 1967. [2]
Between 1905 and 1961 coal was mined at the Brucefield Colliery, located just to the north of Kennet ( grid reference NS928913). In 1948, 75,000 tons of coal were extracted. A brickworks on the site continued to operate into the 1960s. [3]