Invergowrie

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.

This cross-slab was formerly built into a window of the medieval church, along with another smaller, damaged example, also now in Edinburgh (not on display).

The village was formerly part of the estate of Mylnefield. The quarry at Invergowrie supplied important sites around the UK, stone being included in the base of Nelson's column and St Katherine's Docks in London. The quarry workers hit a spring at the beginning of the 20th century and the quarry filled with water. The former quarry can be seen as you leave Invergowrie station by train heading to Perth and now looks like a large lake. Until 1967, the main source of work in the village was a paper mill.

The legend of the Gows o' Gowrie, stones supposed thrown by the devil around Invergowrie. The prophecy comes from a verse by Thomas the Rhymer (circa 1280).

"When the Yowes o' Gowrie come to land,
The Day o' Judgement's near at hand"

File:Invergowrie Churches.jpg

Where the stones are, if they exist, has not been quite agreed. There is a "Deil's stone" at Greystanes, behind the Hilton hotel, surrounded by a Victorian fence. There is also a lump of rock which used to be called "the Paddock Stone" or the "Fairy Stone" in the wood situated on the Waterside road, near the quarry. It was said another stone was left in Invergowrie Bay, but that is now covered in silt and not visible. The Parish of Longforgan, by Adam Phillips, contains several paragraphs on the subject. The stones are of course glacial deposits. There was also the large Victorian house called "The Gows", now part of the Invergowrie Technology Park.

On 22 October 1979 a rail crash occurred after a warning signal was ignored resulting in the death of five people and 50 injuries.

Invergowrie is located on the northwest bank of the Firth of Tay, with the Invergowrie Bay located just to the east and south of the village.

The village is included in the Dundee 'settlement' (contiguous built-up area defined by populated postcodes) along with Monifieth on the east side of the city, which similarly to Invergowrie was previously administered as part of Dundee but is now in another local authority area: Angus.

The Mylnefield weather station was owned by the Met Office and is located in Invergowrie.

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| Jan record high C = 14.6

| Feb record high C = 15.2

| Mar record high C = 21.6

| Apr record high C = 22.9

| May record high C = 23.7

| Jun record high C = 27.8

| Jul record high C = 29.3

| Aug record high C = 28.7

| Sep record high C = 25.0

| Oct record high C = 22.8

| Nov record high C = 16.7

| Dec record high C = 14.5

| year record high C = 29.3

| Jan high C = 6.7

| Feb high C = 7.5

| Mar high C = 9.5

| Apr high C = 12.0

| May high C = 14.9

| Jun high C = 17.4

| Jul high C = 19.4

| Aug high C = 19.3

| Sep high C = 16.9

| Oct high C = 13.1

| Nov high C = 9.4

| Dec high C = 6.8

| year high C =

| Jan low C = 0.7

| Feb low C = 1.1

| Mar low C = 2.3

| Apr low C = 4.0

| May low C = 6.3

| Jun low C = 9.2

| Jul low C = 11.0

| Aug low C = 10.8

| Sep low C = 9.0

| Oct low C = 6.2

| Nov low C = 3.0

| Dec low C = 0.8

| year low C =

| Jan record low C = -17.1

| Feb record low C = -11.2

| Mar record low C = -10.0

| Apr record low C = -4.4

| May record low C = -2.3

| Jun record low C = -0.7

| Jul record low C = 2.8

| Aug record low C = 1.7

| Sep record low C = -0.6

| Oct record low C = -3.4

| Nov record low C = -10.4

| Dec record low C = -12.7

| year record low C = -17.1

| precipitation colour = green

| Jan precipitation mm = 69.3

| Feb precipitation mm = 54.0

| Mar precipitation mm = 49.5

| Apr precipitation mm = 45.2

| May precipitation mm = 51.0

| Jun precipitation mm = 62.5

| Jul precipitation mm = 65.6

| Aug precipitation mm = 74.5

| Sep precipitation mm = 54.3

| Oct precipitation mm = 85.1

| Nov precipitation mm = 71.9

| Dec precipitation mm = 65.9

| year precipitation mm =

|unit rain days = 1 mm

|Jan rain days = 12.1

|Feb rain days = 9.7

|Mar rain days = 9.4

|Apr rain days = 8.6

|May rain days = 9.7

|Jun rain days = 10.8

|Jul rain days = 11.0

|Aug rain days = 10.6

|Sep rain days = 9.4

|Oct rain days = 11.6

|Nov rain days = 12.4

|Dec rain days = 11.9

|year rain days=

| Jan sun = 53.5

| Feb sun = 83.6

| Mar sun = 121.1

| Apr sun = 159.9

| May sun = 200.8

| Jun sun = 163.3

| Jul sun = 172.7

| Aug sun = 165.0

| Sep sun = 130.1

| Oct sun = 96.6

| Nov sun = 70.0

| Dec sun = 44.0

| year sun =

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| date=August 2015}}

The A85 road runs to the northeast of Invergowrie, while the A90 road runs to the north and northwest of the village.

ScotRail manages Invergowrie railway station and provides a roughly hourly train service on the Glasgow–Dundee line. Some eastbound services continue to Arbroath.

Frequent bus services connect Invergowrie to Dundee, Perth and Fife. Stagecoach Strathtay operate services to Perth, Dundee City Centre and Kirkcaldy.

Dundee Airport is situated east of the village, providing flights to London City and Belfast City airports.

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Gauldie, Enid, The Quarries and the Feus, Waterside Press 1981

Phillips, Adam, The Parish of Longforgan, 1895

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