Arbirlot

Arbirlot
Arbirlot is located in Angus
Arbirlot
Arbirlot
Location within Angus
OS grid referenceNO602407
Council area
Lieutenancy area
CountryScotland
Sovereign stateUnited Kingdom
Post townARBROATH
Postcode districtDD11
Dialling code01241
PoliceScotland
FireScottish
AmbulanceScottish
UK Parliament
Scottish Parliament
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UK
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56°33′26″N 2°38′48″W / 56.557153°N 2.64675°W / 56.557153; -2.64675

Arbirlot (Gaelic: Obar Eilid) is a village in a rural parish of the same name in Angus, Scotland. The current name is usually presumed to be a contraction of Aberelliot[1]: 467  or Aber-Eliot,[2]: 147  both meaning the mouth of the Elliot.[a] It is situated west of Arbroath. The main village settlement is on the Elliot Water, 2+12 miles (4 km) from Arbroath. There is a Church of Scotland church and a primary school. The school lies 1 mile (1.6 km) further west, in the approximate geographic centre of the parish.

Falls at Arbirlot
  1. ^ Statistical Account of Scotland, edited by Sir John Sinclair of Ulbster, Edinburgh 1791-99
  2. ^ The Annals of a Border Club (The Jedforest) and Biographical Notices of the Families Connected Therewith, George Tranced of Weens, T S Smail, Jedburgh 1899
  3. ^ History of Arbroath, George Hay, Thomas Buncle, Arbroath 1876
  4. ^ Arbroath and its Abbey, David Miller, Thomas Stevenson, Edinburgh 1860


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