Kingoodie

Coordinates: 56°27′07″N 3°04′28″W / 56.451840°N 3.074401°W / 56.451840; -3.074401
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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]

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]

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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.

56°27′07″N 3°04′28″W / 56.451840°N 3.074401°W / 56.451840; -3.074401