Newbigging is a village in

Angus, Scotland Angus (; ) is one of the 32 Local government in Scotland, local government council areas of Scotland, and a Lieutenancy areas of Scotland, lieutenancy area. The council area borders Aberdeenshire, Dundee City (council area), Dundee City and Per ...

, northeast of

Dundee Dundee (; ; or , ) is the List of towns and cities in Scotland by population, fourth-largest city in Scotland. The mid-year population estimate for the locality was . It lies within the eastern central Lowlands on the north bank of the Firt ...

. The name "Newbigging" originally referred to a "new bigging" or "new cottar town" (hamlet). The village is roughly north of

Monifieth Monifieth () is a town and former police burgh in the council area of Angus, Scotland. It is situated on the north bank of the Firth of Tay on the east coast. In , the population of Monifieth was estimated at , making it the fifth largest town ...

. Some of the earliest history of the local area is represented approximately four kilometres northwest at the village of Eassie, where the

Eassie Stone The Eassie Stone is a Class II Pictish stone of about the mid 8th century AD in the village of Eassie, Angus, Scotland. The stone was found in Eassie burn in the late 18th century and now resides in a purpose-built perspex building in the ruined ...

is displayed in a ruined church; this carved

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is dated prior to the

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Landmarks

The oldest buildings in the village (exceeding 200 years), are the village church and the old church

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. The church is almost in the centre of the village, on the main road "Pitairlie Road". The church had been bought by artist Nail Hanna and then sold onto a private buyer who has converted it into a house. The old manse, which was superseded by the new manse behind the church (neither of which are used as the church manse any more), was given the dwelling name of "Davidsons Cottage".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. Newbigging shop, which won best village shop in Scotland in 1997, was also sold to a private buyer and converted into a house. 2005 saw the erection of 20 houses on farmland at Cunmont Cottages, Newbigging. The site, which extends to , lies on the northwest sector of Newbigging between Pitairlie Road and the private road to Cunmont. The fields around Newbigging are used mostly for the growing of arable crops such as wheat and oil seed rape.

Bus services

Moffat & Williamson, a bus operator headquartered in

Fife Fife ( , ; ; ) is a council areas of Scotland, council area and lieutenancy areas of Scotland, lieutenancy area in Scotland. A peninsula, it is bordered by the Firth of Tay to the north, the North Sea to the east, the Firth of Forth to the s ...

, provides convenient two-hourly bus services connecting

and several other towns, including

Broughty Ferry Broughty Ferry (; ; ) is a suburb of Dundee, in Scotland. It is situated four miles east of the City Centre, Dundee, city centre on the north bank of the Firth of Tay. The area was a separate burgh from 1864 until 1913, when it was incorporated ...

numbered 78 & 79 via Newbigging. Operating on Mondays, Wednesdays & Fridays only is the JP MInicoaches service 181, which connects

Muirdrum Muirdrum () is a small village in the council area of Angus, Scotland. It is situated at the junction of the old A92 road from Dundee to Arbroath, the A930 to Carnoustie and B9128 to Forfar. Its closest town is Carnoustie, which lies approximat ...

Carnoustie Carnoustie (; ) is a town and former police burgh in the subdivisions of Scotland, council area of Angus, Scotland. It is at the mouth of the Barry Burn on the North Sea coast. In the UK census 2011, 2011 census, Carnoustie had a population of ...

and

and several other towns, including Newbigging and

Monikie Monikie is a village and civil parish in Angus, Scotland, north-east of Dundee. History The village grew from small beginnings as just one of many hamlets. The other large village in the parish is Newbigging. Because of the siting of the Railway ...

, with

Forfar Forfar (; , ) is the county town of Angus, Scotland, and the administrative centre for Angus Council, with a new multi-million-pound office complex located on the outskirts of the town. As of 2021, the town had a population of 16,280. The town ...

. The bus route is convenient for shoppers as, along with the town centre, it stops at

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. It also stops at

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Villages in Angus, Scotland {{angus-geo-stub

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