Muirdrum

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Muirdrum
Angus
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Muirdrum
Location
Grid reference: NO563372
Location: 56°31’29"N, 2°42’43"W
Data
Post town: CARNOUSTIE
Postcode: DD7
Dialling code: 01241
Local Government
Council: Angus
Parliamentary
constituency:
Dundee East

Muirdrum is a small village in Angus, at the junction of the old road from Dundee to Arbroath, the A930 now to Carnoustie, with the B9128 to Forfar. Its closest town is Carnoustie, a mile and a half to the south.

The village is mentioned in the list of lands purchased by George Maule, 2nd Earl of Panmure in 1667.[1] These lands were forfeited by his heir, James Maule, 4th Earl of Panmure following the Jacobite Rebellion in 1715.[2] The opening of the Dundee to Arbroath turnpike road (later designated the A92 road) at the beginning of the 19th century lead to some expansion along this road.

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