Forfar



Angus Folk Museum
Forfar Loch Country Park
Glamis Castle
Restenneth Priory

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Angus Folk Museum

18th century cottages home to important collections, offering an insight into the domestic life of rural workers in Angus. The agricultural centre houses a reconstructed farm steading as part of a 'life on the land' exhibition.
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Forfar Loch Country Park

Forfar Loch Country Park is home to a rich variety of wildlife. A large number of wildfowl are resident on the loch throughout the year and numbers swell in autumn and winter with the arrival of migrants from the Arctic.

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Glamis Castle

Glamis Castle, home of the Earls of Strathmore and Kinghorne, was the childhood home of HM Queen Elizabeth the Queen Mother and birthplace of HRH Princess Margaret. The Castle was also the setting for Shakespeare’s “Macbeth”.
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Restenneth Priory

The ancient priory church at Restenneth, by Forfar, is believed to have been founded by Nechtan, king of the Picts about 715. He sent to the Abbot of Wearmouth, near Corbridge, to ask for instruction in the Christian faith, and also for builders who ...