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{{infobox UK place
 
|country = Scotland
 |official_name= Upper Victoria
| population = 
| population_ref =
  |os_grid_reference= NO536360
 |map_type= Scotland
 |coordinates = {{coord|56.513751|-2.755596|display=inline,title}}
 |unitary_scotland= [[Angus, Scotland|Angus]]
 |lieutenancy_scotland= [[Angus, Scotland|Angus]]
 |constituency_westminster= [[Dundee East (UK Parliament constituency)|Dundee East]]
 |constituency_scottish_parliament= [[Angus (Scottish Parliament constituency)|Angus]] <br /> [[North East Scotland (Scottish Parliament electoral region)|North East Scotland]]
 |post_town= CARNOUSTIE
 |postcode_district = DD7
 |postcode_area= DD
 |dial_code= 01382
 }}
'''Upper Victoria''' is a [[hamlet (place)|hamlet]] in [[Angus, Scotland]]. It lies on the [[A92 road]] between [[Arbroath]] and [[Dundee]] and is the location of the junction of the A92 and the Marches, the [[Craigton, Angus|Craigton]] to [[Carnoustie]] road, forming the main route into Carnoustie.<ref>{{citation
  | title = Dundee and Montrose, Forfar and Arbroath
  | work = [[Ordnance Survey]] Landranger Map
  | edition = B2
  | date = 2007
  | isbn = 0-319-22980-7}}</ref>

Upper Victoria was the site of Pitskelly quarry and, in the early 19th century, David Hunter of [[Blackness, Dundee|Blackness]] constructed a railway line between the quarry and Carnoustie to transport stone [[railway sleeper]]s to the main line. The stone ultimately proved to be of inferior quality and the venture was abandoned.<ref>{{citation
  | last = Dickson
  | first = Robert
  | year = 1892
  | edition = revised (facsimile 2002)
  | publisher = Pinkfoot Press
  | location = Balgavies, Angus
  | title = Carnoustie and its neighbourhood}}</ref>

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[[Category:Villages in Angus, Scotland]]
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