The remains of rectangular structures found in the area indicate that this was a settlement inhabited by early Norse peoples.
There is a ruined broch here.
In 1924, the "White Lady", known locally as the "Widden Wife", was shipwrecked in the vicinity.

In the very early part of the 20th century, there were only three or four houses scattered in the hamlet.
Now two more houses have been built.
A local trading steamer called periodically at Gossabrough.

A native of Gossabrough, John Hughson, a warehouse assistant was involved in a notable court case in Dundee around 1940, under the Firearms Act of 1937.
Gossabrough House was the main house of note here, but the old haa is now in a ruined state; it was at one time the seat of Cecil H. Robertson.
The remains of rectangular structures found in the area indicate that this was a settlement inhabited by early Norse peoples. There is a ruined broch here. In 1924, the "White Lady", known locally as the "Widden Wife", was shipwrecked in the vicinity.
In the very early part of the 20th century, there were only three or four houses scattered in the hamlet. Now two more houses have been built. A local trading steamer called periodically at Gossabrough.
A native of Gossabrough, John Hughson, a warehouse assistant was involved in a notable court case in Dundee around 1940, under the Firearms Act of 1937. Gossabrough House was the main house of note here, but the old haa is now in a ruined state; it was at one time the seat of Cecil H. Robertson.
Gossabrough