GAIRNEY-BRIDGE, a hamlet, in the parish of
Cleish, county of Kinross, 2i miles (S. by E.) from
Kinross; containing 50 inhabitants. This village takes
its name from its situation near a bridge over the river
Gairney, a stream which rises among the Cleish hills,
and discharges itself into Loch Leven, half a mile south
of Kinross. There is a Sabbath school, in which are
about 130 children. Michael Bruce once taught a school
here.