 The village is roughly two miles north of Monifieth and east of Dundee, Scotland's fourth city.Some of the earliest history of the local area is represented approximately four kilometres northwest at the village of Eassie, where the Eassie Stone is displayed in a ruined church; this carved Pictish stone is dated prior to the Early Middle Ages.The oldest buildings in the village (exceeding 200 years), are the village church and the old church manse.