Clova
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Location within Angus | |
OS grid reference | NO327730 |
Council area | |
Lieutenancy area | |
Country | Scotland |
Sovereign state | United Kingdom |
Post town | KIRRIEMUIR |
Postcode district | DD8 |
Dialling code | 01575 |
Police | Scotland |
Fire | Scottish |
Ambulance | Scottish |
UK Parliament | |
Scottish Parliament | |
Clova is a village in Glen Clova, Angus, Scotland. [1] [2] It lies on the River South Esk, some 12 miles (19 km) north of Kirriemuir.
During the 1745 Jacobite Rising, Lord David Ogilvy (1725-1803) raised a regiment from local tenants; it retreated in good order from Culloden on 16 April and was disbanded at Clova on 21st. [3]
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