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Laurencekirk is a town in the historical area of Kincardineshire, Scotland, simply off the A90 Dundee to Aberdeen main road, which bypassed it in 1985. It is provided as part of Aberdeenshire. It is the largest settlement in the Howe o’ the Mearns area as well as houses the local high school; Mearns Academy, which was awarded the Charter Mark in 2003. Its old name was Conveth, an anglification of the Gaelic Coinmheadh, referring to a commitment to give totally free food as well as board to passing troops. Laurencekirk is in the valley in between the Hill of Garvock and the Cairn O’ Mount. The famous spots of the Johnston Tower can be seen on the optimal of the Garvock. Laurencekirk was, in the past, recognized for making snuff boxes with a special type of closed hinge (known as a “Laurencekirk hinge”) created by James Sandy. Laurencekirk Golf Club (currently inoperative) first appeared in the early 1900s. The club shut at the time of WW2. Lewis Grassic Gibbon created much about The Mearns and the surrounding area in his publication Sunset Song. A tribute centre can be seen at Arbuthnott a few miles from Laurencekirk. Fred Urquhart dealt with the land at Laurencekirk in the Second World War, and also his narratives take advantage of his observations of country life here.