Angus from 1996

Historic Angus

Angus is one of the historic counties and also one of 32 unitary council regions in Scotland. It borders onto Aberdeenshire, Perth and Kinross, the City of Dundee and Highland. Size:2200 km². Main industries: agriculture and fishing.

The traditional county bordered Kincardineshire to the north-east, Aberdeenshire to the north, Perthshire to the west. Southwards, it faced Fife.

Table of contents

1 Towns and villages 2 Places of interest 3 External Link

Towns and villages

• Aberlemno
• Arbroath -- largest town
• Auchmithie
• Brechin
• Bridge of Craigisla
• Carmyllie
• Carnoustie
• Edzell
• Farnell
• Forfar -- County capital and administrative centre
• Friockheim
• Glamis
• Guthrie
• Inverkeilor
• Kirriemuir
• Letham
• Newbigging
• Monifieth
• Montrose
• St Vigeans

• Aberlemno Sculptured Stones (Pictish symbols)
• Angus Folk Museum, Glamis
• Arbroath Abbey, place of signing of the Declaration of Arbroath
• Caledonian Railway (Brechin)
• Carnlochan NNR - National Nature Reserve
• Edzell Castle
• Glamis Castle
• Loch of Kinnordy Nature Reserve
• Aberlemno Pictish symbol stones

Angus Council's official website