Lunan
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| Lunan | |
| Angus | |
|---|---|
 Ruins of Redcastle, opposite Lunan | |
| Location | |
| Grid reference: | NO688515 |
| Location: | 56°39’15"N, 2°30’38"W |
| Data | |
| Post town: | Montrose / Arbroath |
| Postcode: | DD10 / DD11 |
| Dialling code: | 01674 / 01241 |
| Local Government | |
| Council: | Angus |
| Parliamentary constituency: |
Angus |
Lunan is a hamlet in Angus, in the parish of the same name, 4 miles south of Montrose.
The hamlet overlooks Lunan Bay, which is itself also a hamlet, at the mouth of the Lunan Water.
A 16th-century priest of Lunan church, which is in the hamlet of Lunan Bay, Walter Mill, was one of the last Protestant martyrs to be burned at St Andrews. The church itself was rebuilt in 1844.
The 15th-century Red Castle, so called from the red sandstone it is built from, is 500 yards to the south of the hamlet, on the south bank of the Lunan Water.
References
- Lunan in the Gazetteer for Scotland.
- Red Castle, Site Number NO65SE 10.00 - CANMORE (RCAHMS)