Scobie`s Roundie
The work on the new dual carriage way will probably result in the disappearance of what to generations of Monifieth `locals` is known as Scobie`s Roundie.
The roundel of trees at the end of Victoria Street at its junction with the Dundee Arbroath road, is certainly a place of some historic interest. Continue reading
Proposals for a tram service from Dundee to Monifieth were recorded as early as 1871.
This plan included ideas for the formation of a company, which would complete the `laying of track , from Ninewells to Arbroath.`
In 1904 Mr George Balfour petitioned Parliament for permission to lay a track for Tram cars from Dundee to Monifieth.
June 1905 the Bill was passed.
