Cowie, Stirling

Human settlement in Scotland

Cowie

Location within the Stirling council area

Population2,720 (2020)^[1]OS grid referenceNS838890Civil parish

St. Ninians

Council area

Stirling

Lieutenancy area

Stirling and Falkirk

CountryScotlandSovereign stateUnited KingdomPost townStirlingPostcode districtFK7Dialling code01786PoliceScotlandFire Scottish AmbulanceScottish UK Parliament

Stirling

Scottish Parliament

Stirling

List of places: UK; Scotland

56°04′50″N 3°52′01″W / 56.0805°N 3.867°W / 56.0805; -3.867

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]

Excavations have identified Mesolithic and Neolithic settlement remains at Chapelfield.^[3]^[4]

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.^[5]

Recent years have seen significant new housing developments in the village for commuters.

References

^ "Mid-2020 Population Estimates for Settlements and Localities in Scotland". 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: Settlement (Neolithic), Unidentified Pottery (Neolithic) (110514)". Canmore. Retrieved 12 June 2020.
^ Atkinson, John A (2002). "Excavation of a Neolithic occupation site at Chapelfield, Cowie, Stirling". Proc Soc Antiq Scot. 132: 139. Retrieved 12 June 2020.
^ "Cowie, Stirling". Gazetteer for Scotland.