Invergowrie
Sign in to saveInvergowrie () is a village on the northwest bank of the Firth of Tay to the west of Dundee. Historically part of Perthshire, it was formerly incorporated as part of the city of Dundee, but is now administered as part of Perth and Kinross.
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Place details
- Locality
- Invergowrie
- Region
- Alba / Scotland
- Country
- United Kingdom
- Population
- 1,770
- Timezone
- Europe/London
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Key facts
- UK place.country
- Scotland
- UK place.official_name
- Invergowrie
- UK place.gaelic_name
- Inbhir Ghobharaidh
- UK place.population_ref
- ()
- UK place.os_grid_reference
- NO347303
- UK place.unitary_scotland
- Perth and Kinross
- UK place.lieutenancy_scotland
- Perth and Kinross
- UK place.constituency_westminster
- Perth and North Perthshire
- UK place.constituency_scottish_parliament
- Perthshire North
- UK place.post_town
- DUNDEE
- UK place.postcode_district
- DD2
- UK place.postcode_area
- DD
- UK place.dial_code
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- village
- Country
- United Kingdom
- Population
- +1810
- Time zone
- UTC±00:00
- Image
- Invergowrie2.jpg
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- P7959
- Perthshire
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Invergowrie () is a village on the northwest bank of the Firth of Tay to the west of Dundee. Historically part of Perthshire, it was formerly incorporated as part of the city of Dundee, but is now administered as part of Perth and Kinross.
==History== The old parish church, a roofless 16th century building currently in poor condition, survives on a mound in the old kirkyard, by the Gowrie Burn. This site was formerly close to the sea; much land has been reclaimed from the Firth of Tay in recent times, and it is now some way inland. This was an early Christian site, dedicated to St Curetán. An artistically important and well-preserved cross-slab carved on five faces from this site is on display in the Museum of Scotland in Edinburgh. Dating from the early 9th century, the front shows a cross decorated with interlace, the back three stylised clerics, one holding an object which may be a charter with appended seal, above two dragon-like creatures.