Unthank, Angus

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Unthank
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Unthank
Location within Angus
OS grid reference NO601613
Council area
Lieutenancy area
Country Scotland
Sovereign state United Kingdom
Post town BRECHIN
Postcode district DD9
Dialling code 01356
Police Scotland
Fire Scottish
Ambulance Scottish
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56°44′30″N2°39′14″W / 56.741623°N 2.653901°W / 56.741623; -2.653901 Coordinates: 56°44′30″N2°39′14″W / 56.741623°N 2.653901°W / 56.741623; -2.653901

Unthank is a hamlet in Angus, Scotland. It lies approximately half a mile north-west of Brechin on the B966 Brechin to Edzell road. [1] It used to be a possession of the Barony of Spynie. [2]

Unthank store and houses Unthank.jpg
Unthank store and houses

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References

  1. "Dundee and Montrose, Forfar and Arbroath", Ordnance Survey Landranger Map (B2 ed.), 2007, ISBN   0-319-22980-7
  2. Warden, A.J. (1884). Angus of Forfarshire, the land and people, descriptive and historical. Dundee: Charles Alexander & Co.