Kingoodie

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Kingoodie, a village in Longforgan parish, SE Perthshire, on the northern shore of the Fvrth of Tay, 5 miles W by S of Dundee. It originated in the working of a neighbouring sandstone quarry; and it has a small harbour, formed for the exportation of the stone and for the importation of coals, but accessible, even at spring tides, only by vessels drawing less than 10 feet water. The stone of the quarry, with a bluish colour, a fine grain, and a very compact texture, is a singularly good building material, and is susceptible of the finest polish. Used for building Castle Huntly in 1452, it has ever since been more or less in request for edifices, for docks, and for piers; and may be had in blocks of any reasonable size, even 50 feet long, 16 broad, and and 3 thick.—Ord. Sur., sh. 48, 1868.

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