 The village has an area of of which 3500 acres are arable land and 200 acres are woodland, the local geology is mostly whinstone, amygdule and trap.Records show there was a chapel in the village since at least 1214 though the current church, the "Kilspindie and Rait Parish Church", was built in 1670 and refurbished in 1938.The village previously housed the "Kilspindie Castle" which was demolished before 1670.