Strathmartine

Strathmartine
Strathmartine
Strathmartine shown within Angus
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Council area
Lieutenancy area
Country Scotland
Sovereign state United Kingdom
Post town DUNDEE
Postcode district DD4
Dialling code 01382
Police Scottish
Fire Scottish
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EU Parliament Scotland
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Strathmartine is an area of Angus, Scotland (named after a local mythical hero, Strathmartin The Dragonslayer).[1] It is to the north of Dundee[2] 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.[3][4]

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 is home to Strathmartine Hospital which is a long stay hospital for people with severe learning disabilities.

Strathmartine Hospital entrance
St Martin's Stone

References

  1. ↑ Shand, William. "The Dundee Dragon". The Dundee Messenger. Retrieved 11 November 2013.
  2. ↑ "Dundee and Montrose, Forfar and Arbroath", Ordnance Survey Landranger Map (B2 ed.), 2007, ISBN 0-319-22980-7
  3. ↑ "Mains and Strathmartine". Retrieved 11 November 2013.
  4. ↑ Warden, Alex J (1880). Angus or Forfarshire, the land and people, descriptive and historical. II. pp. 252–253. Retrieved 22 November 2013.


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