Coordinates: 56°43′47″N 2°32′51″W / 56.729722°N 2.5475°W / 56.729722; -2.5475

Dun, Angus

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Post townMontrose
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Dun is a rural parish in Angus, Scotland.[1][2] It contains the House of Dun, home of the Erskine family and is a stop on the Caledonian Railway. It is located on the river South Esk, west of Montrose and east of Brechin.

In 1785-7, a bridge was built there across the South Esk.

The writer Violet Jacob was born at the House of Dun. William Chalmers Burns, a famous Scottish evangelist was born at Dun in 1815.

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