KINNAIRD, a village, in the parish of Larbert,
county of Stirling, 3^ miles (N. by \V.) from Falkirk;
containing 304 inhabitants. This village, which is situated
in the south of the parish, has arisen on the lands
of Sir Michael Bruce, Bart., whose seat is in the vicinity,
from the quantity of coal underneath that estate; and
is chiefly inhabited by persons engaged in the collieries,
and in the works of the Carron Iron Company. The
making of nails affords employment to a few of the inhabitants;
and many of the females are engaged in
tambouring muslin for the Glasgow manufacturers, at
their own dwellings.