Upper Victoria

Upper Victoria
Upper Victoria  Upper Victoria shown within Angus
OS grid reference	NO536360
Council area	Angus
Lieutenancy area	Angus
Country	Scotland
Sovereign state	United Kingdom
Post town	CARNOUSTIE
Postcode district	DD7
Dialling code	01382
Police	Scottish
Fire	Scottish
Ambulance	Scottish
EU Parliament	Scotland
UK Parliament	Dundee East
Scottish Parliament	Angus North East Scotland
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Coordinates: 56°30′50″N 2°45′20″W / 56.513751°N 2.755596°W

Upper Victoria is a hamlet in Angus, Scotland. It lies on the A92 road between Arbroath and Dundee and is the location of the junction of the A92 and the Marches, the Craigton to Carnoustie road, forming the main route into Carnoustie.^[1]

Upper Victoria was the site of Pitskelly quarry and, in the early 19th century, David Hunter of Blackness constructed a railway line between the quarry and Carnoustie to transport stone railway sleepers to the main line. The stone ultimately proved to be of inferior quality and the venture was abandoned.^[2]

References

1. "Dundee and Montrose, Forfar and Arbroath", Ordnance Survey Landranger Map (B2 ed.), 2007, ISBN 0-319-22980-7
2. Dickson, Robert (1892), Carnoustie and its neighbourhood (revised (facsimile 2002) ed.), Balgavies, Angus: Pinkfoot Press