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Angus

Red cliffs, Pictish stones and the glens.

Angus runs from the red sandstone cliffs of the coast up into the long glens under the Cairngorms. Arbroath has its ruined abbey, where the Declaration of Arbroath was sealed in 1320, and a harbour where smokies are still made in the back streets. Montrose sits by a great tidal basin that fills with geese each autumn. Inland are Glamis, the Lindsays' castle at Edzell, Pictish carved stones at St Vigeans and Eassie, and Kirriemuir, where J.M. Barrie was born. Come in autumn for the geese, or in summer for the gardens.

Place of the day21 hours ago

Brechin Castle Centre.

A garden centre, coffee shop and seventy-acre country park at Haughmuir on the edge of Brechin, open every day.

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From our archive20 hours ago

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Angus this autumn, in our photographs.

Six places in Angus, each as we found it.

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Did you know20 hours ago

Robert Watson-Watt, the radar pioneer from Brechin in Angus, was reportedly caught speeding in Canada by a police officer using a radar gun.

Watson-Watt was born in Brechin on 13 April 1892, and he led the work that became Chain Home, the line of radar towers along England's east and south coasts that was in service by the Battle of Britain. It began with a test in February 1935, when signals from a BBC shortwave transmitter at Daventry bounced off a Handley Page Heyford bomber and came back clear. The speeding story dates from 1956, and his reported reply to the officer was: "Had I known what you were going to do with it I would never have invented it!"

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From the magazine20 hours ago

Issue 10Spring / Summer 2025

Jillian McEwan farms cashmere goats near Lunan Bay in Angus, and at Easter the tiny kids are dressed in hand-knitted jumpers.

Scotland is famous for its cashmere, but the raw yarn has traditionally come from countries such as China, Mongolia and Afghanistan, and Jillian is setting out to change that. She gently brushes her herd of 135 goats to gather the cashmere, the soft undercoat that grows from the summer solstice until February or March. It is slow work and only a small amount is produced, so she is making a small collection with Johnstons of Elgin and sells the yarn online. In summer, visitors can comb the goats, learn to spin the yarn and try hand-dyeing in the beach bothy, and every Easter brings the Goats in Coats Festival.

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Places to visit19 hours ago

Seaton Cliffs.

Cared for by the Scottish Wildlife Trust, Seaton Cliffs is a nature reserve on the red sandstone cliffs at Arbroath.

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From our guide19 hours ago

Arbroath Cliffs.

Just north of Arbroath the land ends in cliffs of deep red sandstone, and the sea has carved them into arches, caves and stacks. A path runs along the top from Victoria Park, and round every corner the rock does something new. Look for the Needle E'e, an arch high above the water, the Mermaid's Kirk cave and the Deil's Heid stack standing off the point. In summer the ledges fill with seabirds and the grass with wild flowers, and dolphins are often seen offshore. The path runs on for about three miles to Auchmithie. The edges are unfenced, so keep children and dogs close.

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From Angus to Iona: A Busy Month on Both Coasts

In February, Graeme explores two very different sides of Scotland, tracking history through Glen Esk and Arbroath, then heading west for four islands in four days across Argyll and the Inner Hebrides.

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From the magazine19 hours ago

Legend says a ghostly drummer haunts Cortachy Castle in Angus, and his drum can still be heard echoing from its high walls with no drummer to be seen.

Cortachy dates back to the 15th century and is the home of the Ogilvy Earls of Airlie, and the tale of its drummer has been passed down the family from generation to generation in several versions. In one, a young drummer was left behind as a lookout while the Earl was away, with orders to beat his drum loudly at the first sign of danger. He fell asleep at his post and woke to find the castle already under attack. The drummer swore he would never make the same mistake again, and legend says he still returns to beat a warning to the family whenever disaster is near.

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Did you know18 hours ago

Princess Margaret was born at Glamis Castle, in Angus.

Glamis was the childhood home of Queen Elizabeth the Queen Mother, and in 1930 her younger daughter, Princess Margaret, was born there.

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From our guide18 hours ago

Crombie Country Park.

In the farmland north of Carnoustie, a long loch lies in woods of pine, larch and beech. Crombie was dug in the 1860s as a reservoir to bring clean water to Dundee, and its woods became a country park in the 1980s. Trails wind round the shore and through the trees, with bird hides over the water and a feeding area where red squirrels come down from the pines. Woodpeckers and roe deer live in the woods too. There is a little track for young mountain bikers, and the park is free. On a still evening the loch holds the sunset.