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 southeast of Stirling and about north of the A9 road. The United Kingdom Census 2011 recorded the population as 2,713.
History
Excavations have identified Mesolithic and Neolithic settlement remains at Chapelfield.
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.
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.
Recent years have seen significant new housing developments in the village for commuters.
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