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 church had been bought by artist Nail Hanna and then sold onto a private buyer who has converted it into a house.

While this name is in some databases as the name of the oldest house in Newbigging, its current monicker is "Rhodd Duw", which is Welsh for God's gift due to the circumstances of its acquisition.

[3] Operating on Mondays, Wednesdays & Fridays only is Stagecoach Strathtay's Service 181, which connects Monifieth and several other towns, including Newbigging and Monikie, with Forfar.

The bus route is convenient for shoppers as, along with the town centre, it stops at Asda, Tesco, Lidl & Aldi.