Cowie (Scottish Gaelic: Collaidh, meaning wooded place) is a village in the Stirling council area of Scotland.

[2] Excavations have identified Mesolithic and Neolithic settlement remains at Chapelfield.

[3][4] 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.

[5] Recent years have seen significant new housing developments in the village for commuters.