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Dun, Angus

Dun is a rural parish in Angus, Scotland. It contains the House of Dun, home of the Erskine family and is a stop on the Caledonian Railway. It is located on the river South Esk, west of Montrose and east of Brechin.

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Dun is a rural parish in Angus, Scotland.12 It contains the House of Dun, home of the Erskine family and is a stop on the Caledonian Railway. It is located on the river South Esk, west of Montrose and east of Brechin.

In 1785-7, a bridge was built there across the South Esk.

The writer Violet Jacob was born at the House of Dun. William Chalmers Burns, a famous Scottish evangelist was born at Dun in 1815.

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References

  1. Ordnance Survey: Landranger map sheet 54 Dundee & Montrose (Forfar & Arbroath) (Map). Ordnance Survey. 2007. ISBN 9780319229804.
  2. "Ordnance Survey: 1:50,000 Scale Gazetteer" (csv (download)). www.ordnancesurvey.co.uk. Ordnance Survey. 1 January 2016. Retrieved 18 February 2016.