Angus has been occupied since at least the Neolithic period about 600 years ago. Bronze Age (about 5,000 years ago) archaeology is everywhere. Some finds includes burial sites near West Newbigging complete with pottery and jewllery like gold armlets.Also to be found is Iron Age (3,000 years ago) archaeology like souterrains near Warddykes cemetery, West Grange of Conan, Carlungie and Ardestie. The Roman era started about 2,000 years ago following their invasion of the British islands. During this time, much of Angus was controlled of Picts tribes and there were certainly skirmished between the two sides.
The Romans attempted to subdue the Picts by attacking through Turret Canyon near Cargill, northeast of Dundee. A vicious battle saw the Romans pour molten metal on the Picts at the bottom of the canyon. The Picts endured and held territory including Angus up to the 10th Century (the years 900 to 1000). In 849, leader Kenneth MacAlpin died following a failed invasion of Angus leaving the way open for his brother Constantine to succeed to the territory that ultimately became the Kingdom of Scotland. Angus evolved to become a shipping and trading centre on the east coast and Kind William I granted its Royal Charter in 1178.
Angus lies on the east coast of Scotland and is a wonderful mixture of mountainous and coastal landscapes and historic towns. To the north are the Grampian Mountains, the Mounth Hills and the five gorgeous Glens of Clova, Prosen, Isla, Doll and Lethnot. (A Glen is a valley with hills and mountains around.) The Angus Glens include ten ‘Munros’ (mountains over 3,000 feet) and narrow twisting roads. Glas Maol is the highest point at 1068 m (3,504 ft) and straddles Angus and Perthshire to the west. To the south and east Angus becomes rolling hills including the Sidlaws and villages and towns including Forfar, Glamis with its Royal connections, breathtaking, red sandstone cliffs that line the North Sea coast and the ports of Arbroath and Montrose. The unique Montrose basin is a tidal estuary and famed for the varied wildlife that live or visit there. It’s impossible to miss the amazing Scurdie Ness lighthouse and Barry Buddon, in addition to being a military training base, features some of the highest parabolic sand dunes in Europe. It’s a place of water with rivers like the South Esk and well over twenty lochs. And we have to mention golf with so many courses including Montrose, one of the oldest links courses in the world, and the fiendishly famed Carnoustie, known for trying the patience and skills of even the most expert golfers.
Angus lies on the east coast of Scotland and is a wonderful mixture of mountainous and coastal landscapes and historic towns. To the north are the Grampian Mountains,the Mounth Hills and the five gorgeous Glens of Clova, Prosen, Isla, Doll and Lethnot. (A Glen is a valley with hills and mountains around.) The Angus Glens include ten ‘Munros’ (mountains over 3,000 feet) and narrow twisting roads. Glas Maol is the highest point at 1068 m (3,504 ft) and straddles Angus and Perthshire to the west. To the south and east Angus becomes rolling hills including the Sidlaws and villages and towns including Forfar, Glamis with its Royal connections, breathtaking, red sandstone cliffs that line the North Sea coast and the ports of Arbroath and Montrose. The unique Montrose basin is a tidal estuary and famed for the varied wildlife that live or visit there. It’s impossible to miss the amazing Scurdie Ness lighthouse and Barry Buddon, in addition to being a military training base, features some of the highest parabolic sand dunes in Europe. It’s a place of water with rivers like the South Esk and well over twenty lochs. And we have to mention golf with so many courses including Montrose, one of the oldest links courses in the world, and the fiendishly famed Carnoustie, known for trying the patience and skills of even the most expert golfers.
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