The Royal Burgh of Kinghorn Historical Society

08/05/2026

KHS is grateful to Dennis Cowan for giving an excellent talk on Scotland’s remarkable Sundial heritage for the April meeting. Scottish Sundial peak with the construction of monumental structures in the 17th century yet continues to this day. Sundials come in many shapes and designs. Dennis told us where best to look for them, from Burntisland to Holyrood Palace. Sundials have to be calibrated according to how far North (Kinghorn is 56˚ N), and alas those from garden centres seldom are. Alas the Kinghorn Millenium Sundial did not pass muster either as its gnomon (the blade that casts the shadow) was put on the wrong way round when last repaired. There are plan to address this issue!

For more details of Scottish sundials see:
https://www.sundialsofscotland.co.uk/ind.../cowanrosspt7.pdf.

05/05/2026

17/03/2026

Kinghorn Historical Society are delighted to welcome Ian Roger from Cramond Heritage Trust to our meeting on 23rd March 2026. Ian will be giving a talk about the History of Cramond Village.

16/02/2026

Kinghorn Historical Society AGM is on Monday 23rd February at 7:30pm in Kinghorn Church Hall. After a short AGM there will be an exhibition of selected material from our extensive archive for people to come and look through. If you are interested in Kinghorn History please come along.

08/01/2026

All welcome at our next talk on Monday 26th January at 7:30pm in Kinghorn Church Hall. It's lovely to have a local talk about Grangehill Farm.

23/10/2025

All welcome to our talk on Monday 27th October at 7:30pm.

15/09/2025

The new session of talks at Kinghorn Historical Society commences on Monday 22nd September 2025. The first talk of this session is Jane Anderson speaking about Kinghorn artist Christina Robertson. Christina Robertson was the first woman to be admitted as an honorary member of the Royal Scottish Academy in 1829. She is best known for her paintings of the Russian Royal Family, many of which hang in the Hermitage Museum in St. Petersburg.

Talks are held in Kinghorn Church Hall at 7:30 pm on the fourth Monday of the month between September and May (excl. December).

19/03/2025

Dr David Caldwell is an archaeologist and an excellent speaker. The excavations at Finlaggan on Islay are at the centre of what used to be known as the Lordship of the Isles