Kingoodie

Kingoodie (Scottish Gaelic: Ceann Gaothach or Scottish Gaelic: Ceann na Gaoithe "windy head(land)") is a hamlet about 4 miles (6.4 km) south west of Dundee, but in the region of Perth and Kinross, Scotland. The shore is easily accessible and close to the Firth of Tay.[1]

Stone from the nearby quarries was formerly loaded onto barges in Kingoodie Bay

Quarries close to Kingoodie supplied the town with building stone for a number of centuries. This stone was important for the building of sea walls to protect the town from the tide and the harbour works. Stone for the tennis court at Falkland Palace was quarried near Kingoodie in 1540 and shipped to Lindores, north of the Palace on the River Tay.[2]

The population is approximately 60 people (as of 2009).

There is a headland jutting out to sea in front of the village.[3] This is mentioned in Groome's Ordnance Gazetteer of Scotland (1882–4) in the Drimmie entry.[4][5]

See also

References
  1. "Kingoodie". Scottish Places. Retrieved 4 April 2012.
  2. Henry Paton, Accounts of the Masters of Work, vol. 1 (Edinburgh, 1957) pp. lii, 246, 271-2.
  3. "Longforgan to Kingoodie". Google Maps. Retrieved 6 October 2020.
  4. "Drimmie - As described in F.H. Groome's Ordnance Gazetteer of Scotland (1882-4)". A Vision of Britain through Time. Retrieved 6 October 2020.
  5. "Longforgan from The Gazetteer for Scotland". Gazetteer for Scotland. Retrieved 6 October 2020.

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