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Invergowrie, vil. with ry. sta., on border of Longforgan par., Perthshire, and of Liff, Benvie, and Invergowrie par., Forfarshire, on Firth of Tay, 3 miles W. of Dundee; was anciently a place of royal embarkation; its ruined church is said to have succeeded a church of the early part of the 8th century, founded by St Boniface; 1½ mile NE. of sta. is Invergowrie House.
(John Bartholomew, Gazetteer of the British Isles (1887))
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Feature Description: | "village with railway station" (ADL Feature Type: "populated places") |
Administrative units: | Longforgan ScoP Perthshire ScoCnty |
Place: | Invergowrie |
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