Kingoodie

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

Kingoodie (Scottish Gaelic: Ceann Gaothach or 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]

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.^[citation needed] 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]

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]

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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