Newbigging, Angus
| Newbigging | |
| Angus | |
|---|---|
 Across the fields to Newbigging | |
| Location | |
| Grid reference: | NO497360 |
| Location: | 56°30’48"N, 2°49’8"W |
| Data | |
| Post town: | Dundee |
| Postcode: | DD5 |
| Dialling code: | 01382 |
| Local Government | |
| Council: | Angus |
| Parliamentary constituency: |
Dundee East |
Newbigging is a village in Angus, two miles north-east of Dundee.
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 2½ miles northwest at the village of Eassie, where the Eassie Stone is displayed in a ruined church, a carved Pictish stone form the early Christian era.[1]
About 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The old manse, which was superseded by the new manse behind the church (neither of which are used as the church manse anymore), was given the dwelling name of "Davidsons Cottage".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 name is "Rhodd Duw", which is Welsh for God's gift due to the circumstances of its acquisition.