Dun, Angus

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|country = Scotland

|official_name= Dun

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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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