Strathmartine

{{Use dmy dates|date=November 2017}}

{{Use British English|date=November 2017}}

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|lieutenancy_scotland= Angus

|constituency_westminster= Dundee East

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|post_town= DUNDEE

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Strathmartine is an area of Angus, Scotland (named after a local mythical hero, Strathmartin The Dragonslayer).{{cite news |last=Shand |first= William |title = The Dundee Dragon |url = http://www.dundeemessenger.co.uk/myths-and-legends/the-dundee-dragon |newspaper= The Dundee Messenger |accessdate= 11 November 2013}} It is to the north of Dundee{{citation

| title = Dundee and Montrose, Forfar and Arbroath

| work = Ordnance Survey Landranger Map

| edition = B2

| year = 2007

| isbn = 0-319-22980-7}} and the surrounding district is often referred to as "the Howe o Strathmartine".

The parishes of Mains and Strathmartine were united on 21 Nov 1792. Anciently, Mains was called Earl's Strathdichty, Strathmartine was called Strathdichty Martin. The Dichty Water flows through the parishes.{{cite web |url = http://www.ancestor.abel.co.uk/Angus/Mains.html |title = Mains and Strathmartine |accessdate = 11 November 2013}}{{cite book |last = Warden |first = Alex J |year = 1880 |title = Angus or Forfarshire, the land and people, descriptive and historical |url = https://archive.org/details/angusorforfarshi02ward |volume = II |pages = [https://archive.org/details/angusorforfarshi02ward/page/252 252]–253 |accessdate = 22 November 2013}}

William Lorimer, the classicist, known for producing a translation of the New Testament in Lowland Scots was born in Strathmartine. Baldovan village to the north was once the home to Strathmartine Hospital which was a long stay hospital for people with severe learning disabilities.{{cite web|url=https://historic-hospitals.com/gazetteer/dundee/|title=Strathmartine Hospital|publisher=Historic Hospitals|accessdate=11 March 2020}}

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