- Inverkeilor
Inverkeilor is a village and
parish inAngus ,Scotland . It lies near theNorth Sea coast, midway betweenArbroath and Montrose. TheA92 road now bypasses the village.The population of Inverkeilor parish in the
United Kingdom Census 2001 was 972, up from 902 in 1991. The population has been accommodated in recent years by the building of new houses in the village.Inverkeilor Primary School had an enrollment of 76 pupils at the beginning of the 2005–2006 school year, it's current head teacher is Jennifer Milne. Not so long ago the school had an extension added and solar panels put on the roof.
The parish was previously known as "Conghoillis", and Watson writes that it was dedicated to a Saint Mo Chonóc of Cell Mucroisse, who may be associated with
Forteviot orSt Andrews , or perhapsCounty Wexford inIreland .The 12th century
Red Castle built the Barclay family is to the east of Inverkeilor, overlooking Lunan Bay. In between Red Castle and Inverkeilor are farms and fields. To the south-west is Ethie Castle, formerly the seat of theEarl of Northesk , which appears under the name of "Knockwinnoch" in SirWalter Scott 's novel "The Antiquary ".Inverkeilor currently has a
pub called The Chance Inn, a restaurant called Gordon's and apost office . It also has a large public park with football goals, a disusedtennis court and public toilets.At the edge of Inverkeilor is a
railway and it goes past Inverkeilor's oldrailway station which closed due to lack of business.External links
* [http://www.geo.ed.ac.uk/scotgaz/towns/townfirst4174.html Gazetteer for Scotland entry]
* [http://www.inverkeilor.org.uk/ Inverkeilor Primary School website]
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