A village with a distillery in the Aberdeenshire parish of Kennethmont, Kirkhill of Kennethmont lies 7 miles (13 km) south of Huntly on the A979 road to Inverurie. To the north of the village is Leith Hall which was bequeathed to the National Trust for Scotland by the the Leith-Hay family in 1945. The Ardmore distillery is located on the eastern side of the village.