Angus

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Angus from 1996
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Historic Angus
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Angus is one of the historic counties and also one of 32 unitary council regions in Scotland and a Lieutenancy Area. The unitary council region borders onto Aberdeenshire, Perth and Kinross, the City of Dundee and Highland. Size:2200 km². Main industries: agriculture and fishing.

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

Table of contents

1 Towns and villages
2 Places of interest
3 External Link

Towns and villages

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

Places of interest

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

External Link

Angus Council's official website

United Kingdom | Scotland | Council areas of Scotland
Aberdeen | Aberdeenshire | Angus | Argyll and Bute | Clackmannanshire | Dumfries and Galloway | Dundee | East Ayrshire | East Dunbartonshire | East Lothian | East Renfrewshire | Edinburgh | Falkirk | Fife | Glasgow | Highland | Inverclyde | Midlothian | Moray | North Ayrshire | North Lanarkshire | Orkney | Perth and Kinross | Renfrewshire | Scottish Borders | Shetland | South Ayrshire | South Lanarkshire | Stirling | West Dunbartonshire | West Lothian | Western Isles

In Celtic mythology, Angus is an alternative spelling for Aengus, the legendary hero.

Angus can refer to Angus cattle.