Dun, Angus
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|country = Scotland
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|unitary_scotland= Angus
|lieutenancy_scotland= Angus
|constituency_westminster= Angus
|constituency_scottish_parliament= Angus North and Mearns
|post_town= Montrose
|postcode_district = DD10
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|dial_code= 01674
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Dun is a rural parish in Angus, Scotland.{{cite map|title=Ordnance Survey: Landranger map sheet 54 Dundee & Montrose (Forfar & Arbroath)|ISBN= 9780319229804 |publisher=Ordnance Survey|date=2007}}{{cite web |url=https://www.ordnancesurvey.co.uk/opendatadownload/products.html |title=Ordnance Survey: 1:50,000 Scale Gazetteer |format=csv (download) |date= 1 January 2016 |publisher=Ordnance Survey |website=www.ordnancesurvey.co.uk |access-date=18 February 2016}} 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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Category:Villages in Angus, Scotland
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