You should have heard about the Angus meat, that is usually offered in restaurants. You need to know that this small beef cattle is the most breed all around the world. The interesting thing is that the Angus cattle was born in Scotland. The breedings all around the world are the consequences of importing this specie. Even if today you can taste a perfect American Angus meat in Dallas, this beef cattle was first recorded in the counties of Abeerdenshire and Angus. This is why the popular name of the animal is Aberdeen Angus.
The first reason for you to visit this region, so, is to discover the birthplace of one of the most famous breed animals in the world. Here you can see a mixed herd of Red and Black Angus. You need to know that in the Angus region there is only one city, but it is surrounded by a lot of small villages and town. In this area you will find Dundee, an industrial city and the most populated one in Angus.
However, we are talking about , people, which are nothing compared to the biggest Scottish cities of Edinburgh or Glasgow. You will understand how the hidden gems are the small villages around Dundee, such as Arbroath, a small fishing port 16 miles from Dundee. It is very famous for its declaration, that we mentioned previously, for his abbey and for the Keptie Pond, a beautiful park wrapped around a small lake.
It can be pretty romantic, so the perfect destination for a couple in love. Apart from what we told you until now, there are a lot of things you can do in the Angus region, that is the ideal place for those who love the excursions and the food tour. Besides Arbroath, another beautiful village you need to visit is Montrose. One of its attractions is the Red Castle.
We ask you to imagine a wonderful landscape covered in grass and a small red castle that come up from the ground. Their upper courses are part of Cairngorms National Park. This area was his heartland and its Pictish culture is seen in distinctly-carved stones and in placenames beginning "Pit-".
It's a mostly lowland area, even though it lies north of the River Tay - the Highland Fault trends diagonally to reach the sea at Stonehaven. Angus, known as Forfarshire until , therefore had armies march across it but saw no great battles, and quietly got on with raising its Aberdeen Angus beef cattle.
The textile industry, whaling and sea trade caused the port of Dundee to grow from the 18th century, and grow and grow, until in it was hived off as a separate "city-county". Local authority boundaries and terminology have changed several times since, but that in essence remains the present picture, with a City of Dundee population in of , and an Angus Council Area population in of , Plan Your Own Tour Have an experience tailored specifically to your needs.
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North of Kirriemuir the foothills of the Cairngorms are pierced by the Angus Glens leading deep into the mountains. The most easterly is Glen Esk, with its main settlement of Tarfside. It also boasts an impressive tower house in Invermark Castle.
Not far west and overlooking the coastal plain are the Brown and White Caterthuns, twin hillforts of different ages. West again, and you come to the mouth of Glen Clova, the best known and most popular of the Angus Glens, with most settlement focused on Clova. To its west is Glen Prosen, and its main settlement, the hamlet of Glenprosen. A few miles south of Kirriemuir is the village of Glamis, where you find Glamis Castle, childhood home of the late Queen Mother.
The castle and its the extensive gardens and grounds are open to the public and are well worth a visit. Two miles west of Glamis are the remains of Eassie Old Church, home to another magnificent Pictish cross slab. Glamis Manse Symbol Stone. Dundee Glamis Castle Lunan Bay.
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