Kennet, Clackmannanshire

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| official_name= Kennet

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| map_type= Scotland

| post_town= CLACKMANNAN

| postcode_area= FK

| postcode_district= FK10

| dial_code= 01259

| constituency_westminster= Ochil and South Perthshire

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| unitary_scotland= Clackmannanshire

| lieutenancy_scotland= Clackmannanshire

| constituency_scottish_parliament = Clackmannanshire and Dunblane

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Kennet is a small former coal-mining village in Clackmannanshire, Scotland. It is located {{convert|1.5|km}} south-east of Clackmannan, by the Kincardine railway line. The village is a conservation area, designated by Clackmannanshire Council.{{cite web|url=http://www.clacksweb.org.uk/property/localplan/map/kennetcon/ |title=Kennet Village Conservation Area |work=ClacksWeb |publisher=Clackmannanshire Council |accessdate=2010-05-13 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20110727110838/http://www.clacksweb.org.uk/property/localplan/map/kennetcon/ |archivedate=2011-07-27 }}

Kennet House, the seat of the Bruces of Kennet, was located to the west of the village ({{gbmapping|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.{{cite web |url=http://canmore.rcahms.gov.uk/en/site/219332/details/kennet+house/ |title=Kennet House |work=CANMORE |publisher=Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments of Scotland |accessdate=2010-05-13}}

Between 1905 and 1961, coal was mined at the Brucefield Colliery, located just to the north of Kennet ({{gbmapping|NS928913}}). In 1948, 75,000 tons of coal were extracted. A brickworks on the site continued to operate into the 1960s.{{cite web |url=http://canmore.rcahms.gov.uk/en/site/130812/details/brucefield+colliery/ |title=Brucefield Colliery |work=CANMORE |publisher=Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments of Scotland |accessdate=2010-05-13}}