Lunan, Angus

Lunan
Lunan
 Lunan shown within Angus
OS grid referenceNO688515
Council areaAngus
Lieutenancy areaAngus
CountryScotland
Sovereign stateUnited Kingdom
Post town ARBROATH for Lunan Bay and MONTROSE for Lunan
Postcode district DD11 for Lunan Bay and DD10 for Lunan
Dialling code 01241 for Lunan Bay and 01674 for Lunan
Police Scottish
Fire Scottish
Ambulance Scottish
EU Parliament Scotland
UK ParliamentAngus
Scottish ParliamentAngus
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Coordinates: 56°39′15″N 2°30′38″W / 56.654251°N 2.510487°W / 56.654251; -2.510487

Ruins of Redcastle, on the south bank of the Lunan Water, opposite Lunan

Lunan is a hamlet in Angus, Scotland, in the parish of the same name, 6 kilometres (3.7 mi) south of Montrose.[1] The hamlet overlooks Lunan Bay, which is itself also a hamlet, at the mouth of the Lunan Water. A 16th-century priest of Lunan church, which is in the hamlet of Lunan Bay, Walter Mill, was one of the last Scottish Protestant martyrs to be burned at St. Andrews. The church itself was rebuilt in 1844. The 15th-century Red Castle, so called from the red sandstone it is built from, is located 500 metres (1,600 ft) to the south of the hamlet, on the south bank of the Lunan Water.

Lunan Bay. The concrete blocks across the Lunan Water are the remains of tank traps installed during World War II

References

  1. "Dundee and Montrose, Forfar and Arbroath", Ordnance Survey Landranger Map (B2 ed.), 2007, ISBN 0-319-22980-7

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