Newbigging, Angus

Coordinates: 56°30′48″N 2°49′08″W / 56.513349°N 2.818964°W / 56.513349; -2.818964

Newbigging
Newbigging  Newbigging shown within Angus
OS grid reference	NO497360
Council area	Angus
Lieutenancy area	Angus
Country	Scotland
Sovereign state	United Kingdom
Post town	DUNDEE
Postcode district	DD5
Dialling code	01382
Police	Tayside
Fire	Tayside
Ambulance	Scottish
EU Parliament	Scotland
UK Parliament	Dundee East
Scottish Parliament	Angus North East Scotland
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Long north-east from Drumsturdy to Newbigging

Newbigging is a village in Angus, Scotland, two miles north-east of Dundee.^[1] The name "Newbigging" originally referred to a "new bigging" or "new cottar town" (hamlet). The village is roughly two miles north of Monifieth and east of Dundee, Scotland's fourth City. Some of the earliest history of the local area is represented approximately four kilometres northwest at the village of Eassie, where the Eassie Stone is displayed in a ruined church; this carved Pictish stone is dated prior to the Early Middle Ages.^[2]

Notable Features of the Village

The oldest buildings in the village (exceeding 200 years), are the village church and the old church manse. The church is located almost in the centre of the village on the main road "Pitairlie Road". The church has been bought by artist Nail Hanna and he is apparently turning it into a studio / art class. The old manse, which was superseded by the new manse behind the church (neither of which are used as the church manse anymore), was given the dwelling name of "Davidsons Cottage". While this name is in some databases as the name of the oldest house in Newbigging, its current monicker is "Rhodd Duw", which is Welsh for God's gift due to the circumstances of its acquisition.

See also

• Monikie
• Wellbank
• Carnoustie

References

1. ^ "Dundee and Montrose, Forfar and Arbroath", Ordnance Survey Landranger Map, 2007, ISBN 0319229807 
2. ^ C.Michael Hogan, Eassie Stone, The Megalithic Portal, ed. Andy Burnham, October 7, 2007