Dundee

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Dundee (Scots Gaelic: Dùn Dèagh) is Scotland's fowert-lairgest ceety, on the nor-aest coast. The Ceety o Dundee is ane o the 32 cooncil areas. Dundee sits on the River Tay. It haes a population o aboot 150,000 fowk. It lees on the basalt plug o an extinct volcano cried the Dundee Law.

Dundee an the surroondin airts haes ben occuppee'd frae the Airn Age. The port o Dundee uisst tae export oo frae Angus. Efter that, Dundee stairtit tae mak juit. Duirin this time, Jeely wis bein made in Dundee, alang wi the local furthsetters DC Thomson, wha mak the local wittinsblad The Courier an bairns' comics sic as The Beano an The Dandy. Dundee's tradeetional industries wis cried the 3 J's, Juit, Jeely an Jurnalism. Oot o the three, anely ane o the industries bides in Dundee. The furtsetters still bides in Dundee the day.

Dundee is whiles cried "The Ceety o Discovery", efter the ship that teuk Captain Scott tae the Antartic. The ship, cried the RRS Discovery, wis designed an biggit in Dundee. The ship is nou stelt in the ceety, an uised as a tourist attraction.

Dundee is a popular area tae study. The Varsity o Dundee an The Varsity o Aibertay is situatit in the ceety.

Dundee has twa kenspeckle fitbaw clubs- Dundee F.C. an Dundee Unitit F.C.

[edit] History

[edit] Toponymy

The name Dundee is o uncertain etymology. It includes the place-name elements dùn, praisent in baith the Gaelic an Brythonic leids, sic as the Pecht. The lave o the name is less obvious. It micht coud come frae the Gaelic wird Dèagh, meanin fire. Anither is that it comes frae "Tay", an in the form o "Duntay".

[edit] Early History

A neolithic cursus, wi associated barrows haes been identifee'd at the north-wastren end o the ceety an naurby lees the Balgarthno stane circle. A lack o stratigraphy aroond the stane circle haes left it difficult for tae determine a preceese age, but it is thocht tae date frae aroond the late neolithic/early Bronze age. The circle haes been subject tae vandalism in the past an haes recently been fenced aff for tae protect it. Bronze age finds are fairly abundant in Dundee an the surroondin area, particularly in the form o cuttie cist burials. Frae the Iron age, aiblins the maist prominent remains are o the Law Hill Fort, awtho domestic remains are weel representit an aw. Naur tae Dundee can be foond the well-characterised souterrains at Carlungie an Ardestie, that date frae aroond the seicont century AD. Several brochs are foond in the area an aw, includin the ruins at Laws Hill naur tae Monifieth, at Craighill an at Hurley Hawkin, near Liff.