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56.64423°N 2.88842°W. / 56.64423; -2.88842. Forfar ( / ˈfɔːrfər / ⓘ; Scots: Farfar, [2] Scottish Gaelic: Baile Fharfair) is the county town of Angus, Scotland and the administrative centre for Angus Council, with a new multi-million pound office complex located on the outskirts of the town. As of 2021, the town has a population of 16,280.
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Forfar, small burgh (town), council area and historic county of Angus, eastern Scotland, situated at the eastern end of Forfar Loch (lake) in the scenic valley of Strathmore. It was in existence by 1057, when an early Scottish Parliament met in the castle to confer titles on the nobility. The castle also figured in English-Scottish conflicts ...
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The Intriguing Town of Forfar. The legendary little Scottish town of Forfar (formerly known as Angus) is almost as old as time itself. Ancient historian Hector Boece who wrote his ‘History of Scotland’ in 1527, described a strong castle at Forfar where kings of different confederate tribes met to decided how best to repel invading Romans.
Forfar Heritage Trail. The historic town of Forfar is famed for its witches, who in the 17th century, apparently danced on graves and frolicked with the devil, only to be imprisoned in the town’s jail and burnt to death in a barrel of tar. Once the seat of Scotland’s King Malcolm Canmore, you can still visit the site of Forfar Castle which ...
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Forfar is the county town of Angus, 13 miles north of Dundee. It had a linen and jute industry in the 18th and 19th centuries but those have gone, so Forfar is now a commuter town for Dundee, with a population in 2020 of 14,000. The main reasons to visit are Glamis Castle, and the fine Pictish carved stones here and at Meigle and Aberlemno.
