Cowie, Stirling
Cowie
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 The main road through Cowie | |
  Cowie Location within the Stirling council area | |
| Population | 2,720 (2020)[1] |
| OS grid reference | NS838890 |
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| Council area | |
| Lieutenancy area | |
| Country | Scotland |
| Sovereign state | United Kingdom |
| Post town | Stirling |
| Postcode district | FK7 |
| Dialling code | 01786 |
| Police | Scotland |
| Fire | Scottish |
| Ambulance | Scottish |
| UK Parliament | |
| Scottish Parliament | |
Cowie (Scottish Gaelic: Collaidh, meaning wooded place) is a village in the Stirling council area of Scotland. Historically part of Stirlingshire, it lies on the minor B9124 road approximately 4 miles (6 kilometres) southeast of Stirling and about 1 mile (1.5 kilometres) north of the A9 road. The United Kingdom Census 2011 recorded the population as 2,713.[2]
History
Excavations have identified Mesolithic and Neolithic settlement remains at Chapelfield.[3][4]
2 kilometres (1.2 miles) east of Cowie at the Castleton farm is a number of Cup and Ring markings on a rock outcrop dated to around between 2000 and 5000 years BP.[5][6]
Cowie was formerly a pit village and stone quarrying was carried on in the surrounds. It is now the site of a factory manufacturing engineered wood products and other light industries.[7]
Recent years have seen significant new housing developments in the village for commuters.
References
- ↑ "Population estimates for settlements and localities in Scotland: mid-2020". National Records of Scotland. 31 March 2022. Retrieved 31 March 2022.
- ↑ "Cowie" (PDF). 2011 Census Stirling. Stirling Council. Retrieved 26 February 2020.
- ↑ Historic Environment Scotland. "Cowie (Site no. NS88NW 43)". Retrieved 24 June 2025.
- ↑ Atkinson, John A (2002). "Excavation of a Neolithic occupation site at Chapelfield, Cowie, Stirling". Proc Soc Antiq Scot. 132: 139. Retrieved 12 June 2020.
- ↑ megalithix (1 August 2025). "Castleton (10b), Cowie, Stirlingshire". Retrieved 27 July 2026.
- ↑ Historic Environment Scotland. "Castleton,cup & ring marked rocks NW of (SM4381)". Retrieved 27 July 2026.
- ↑ "Cowie, Stirling". Gazetteer for Scotland.
