Angus
Angus Aonghas | |
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 Angus within Scotland | |
| Coordinates: 56°40′N 2°55′W / 56.667°N 2.917°WCoordinates: 56°40′N 2°55′W / 56.667°N 2.917°W | |
| Admin HQ | Farfar |
| Govrenment | |
| • Bodi | Angus Cooncil |
| • Control | Ind + Con + LD (cooncil NOC) |
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| Area | |
| • Total | 2,181 km2 (842 sq mi) |
| Area rank | Ranked 10th |
| Population (mid-2016 est.) | |
| • Total | 116,500 |
| • Rank | Rankit 17th |
| • Density | 53/km2 (140/sq mi) |
| ONS code | S12000041 |
| ISO 3166 code | GB-ANS |
| Website | www |
Angus (Scots Gaelic: Aonghas) is ane o the 32 cooncil areas o Scotland, a registration coontie an a lieutenancie area. The cooncil area borders Aiberdeenshire, Perth an Kinross an Dundee.[1]
Historie[eedit | eedit soorce]
Angus wis historicalie a coontie (kent as Farfarshire frae the echteent centurie till 1928, whan it chynged til Angus) till 1975 whan it becam a destrik o the Tayside region. In 1996, twa-teir local govrenment wis forduin an Angus wis estaiblisht as a cooncil area in its steid. The umwhyl coontie haed mairches wi Kincardineshire til the nor'eist, the coontie o Aiberdeenshire til the north an Perthshire til the wast. The mairches o the-day's cooncil area ar the same as thae o the auld coontie but withoot the ceitie o Dundee.
Geografie[eedit | eedit soorce]
Angus can be splat intil thrie geografic areas. The north an wast is muntainous wi no monie dwallers an the main industrie is hill-fermin. Til the sooth an eist the laundskape is maistlins rowin hills borderin the sie. This area haes monie dwallers, wi the mukkiler touns an the ceitie o Dundee liggin on the coast. In atwein ligs Strathmore (frae a Gaelic name meinin "the gret dale") whilk is a growthie fermin area noted for the growin o tatties, saft fruit an the upbringin o Angus kye.
Touns an veelages[eedit | eedit soorce]
Touns[eedit | eedit soorce]
- Arbroath, the mukkilest toun
- Brechin
- Carnoustie
- Farfar, the coontie toun an the cooncil area's heidsteid
- Kirriemuir
- Monifieth
- Montrose
Veelages[eedit | eedit soorce]
- Aberlemno
- Arbirlot
- Auchmithie
- Auchterhouss
- Birkhill
- Brig o Craigisla
- Carmyllie
- Dunnichen
- Eist Haven
- Aigle
- Farnell
- Friockheim
- Finavon
- Glamis
- Guthrie
- Inverkeilor
- Hodgeton
- Hillside
- Kingsmuir
- Letham
- Newbiggin
- Newtyle
- Noranside
- Memus
- Menmuir
- Monikie
- Muirheid
- Murroes
- St Vigeans
- Tannadice
- Tarfside
- Tealin
- Unthank
Steids o interest[eedit | eedit soorce]
- Aberlemno Pechtish Stanes
- Angus Fowk Museum, Glamis
- Arbroath Abbey, steid o the syning o the Declaration o Arbroath[2]
- Barry Mill
- Brechin Cathedral
- Brechin Castil
- Brechin Roond Tour
- Caledonian Railwey
- Cairngorms Naitional Pairk
- Carnlochan Naitional Naitur Hainin
- Eassie Stane[3]
- Edzell Castil[4]
- Glamis Castil[5]
- Houss o Dun
- Loch o Kinnordy Naitur Hainin
- Monboddo Houss
- Montrose Basin Naitur Hainin
- Montrose Museum
Referenses[eedit | eedit soorce]
- ↑ "Angus". Scottish Places. Retrieved 13 December 2020.
- ↑ Angus Council: Arbroath Abbey Archived 2014-02-20 at the Wayback Machine
- ↑ C.Michael Hogan, Eassie Stone, The Megalithic Portal, ed. A. Burnham, Oct., 2007
- ↑ Undiscovered Scotland: Edzell Castle
- ↑ Glamis Castle
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