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Ancestral Highlights in Angus & Dundee

Forfar & Area

Site of ancient Forfar Castle King Malcolm Canmore & St Margaret - destroyed in 1306 by Robert the Bruce.
12th Century ruins of Restenneth Priory & Angus Archives Centre
Angus Archive & Hunter Library - 800 years of historic records of Angus
Meffan Museum "Forfar Story" - cobblers, clock makers & 17th Century witchhunt
Glamis Castle (Royal Residence from 1372) legendary setting for Shakespeare's Macbeth & childhood home of Queen Elizabeth the Queen Mother.
Angus Folk Museum, Glamis - kitchen, parlour, laundry , schoolroom, typical bothy, smiddy etc - see how country folk lived and worked
Newtyle Graveyard - documented grave inscriptions
16th Century Finavon Doocot Scotland's largest doocot
Carmylie - birthplace of James Bowman Lindsay inventor of the "lightbulb" in 1837 some 40 years before Edison
Patrick Bell inventor of reaping machine is buried at Carmylie.
George Dempster's planned village of Letham, twinned with Monasterboice in Ireland - and nearby reputed site of Battle of Dunnichen.

Arbroath Abbey founded by William the Lion in 1178 . Declaration of Arbroath was issued from here on April 6th 1320 - model for USA Declaration of Independence
St Vigeans Museum - collection of Pictish stones
Fishing heritage and smokie - Auchmithie/Arbroath
Arbroath Signal Tower Museum - original shore base for keepers of the Bellrock Lighthouse - tells the Arbroath story
Hospitalfield House forerunner of today's art colleges and see Handel's harpsichord

12th Century Roundtower (one of two in Scotland) & Brechin Cathedral with interesting graveyard
Brechin Castle tour. Home of Earls of Dalhousie. John Balliol surrendered the Scottish Crown to Edward 1 of England (either at Brechin Castle or Stracathro graveyard)
Edzell Castle (ruin) Late 15th or early 16th Century with 17th Century walled garden - used by Oliver Cromwell as a garrison
Pictavia - visit your Pictish ancestors at Scotland's only Pictish Centre
Brechin Town House Museum - history of Brechin.
Aberlemno Church & Stone. Top 10 dark - age monuments in Europe
Ancestral home of the Davidsons (of Harley Davidson Motorcycle) - Netherton of Melgund near Aberlemno.
Caledonian Steam Railway - only intact steam railway station in Scotland
GlenEsk Folk Museum- see the history of Glens folk in superb archive resource
Fasque House (PM Gladstone's country residence - reputedly has largest stairway in the world) near Brechin

St Rules Parish Church - has been a place of worship for Christians for well over 1400 years. St Rule reputedly brought the relics of the martyred St Andrew to Scotland from Patras in Greece.
Souterrains or Earth houses all within the Monifieth district.
Monifieth House of Memories - local collection of photos and memorabilia

Carnoustie Open Golf Championship Course - venue for The Open 2007
Barry Mill - site of mill from 1539 - fully restored working mill (for oatmeal) owned by National Trust for Scotland