Strathmartine

Strathmartine
OS grid referenceNO387348
Lieutenancy area
CountryScotland
Sovereign stateUnited Kingdom
Post townDUNDEE
Postcode districtDD4
Dialling code01382
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56°30′05″N 2°59′51″W / 56.501263°N 2.997399°W / 56.501263; -2.997399

Strathmartine is an area of Angus, Scotland (named after a local mythical hero, Strathmartin The Dragonslayer).[1] It is to the north of Dundee[2] and the surrounding district is often referred to as "the Howe o Strathmartine".

The parishes of Mains and Strathmartine were united on 21 Nov 1792. Anciently, Mains was called Earl's Strathdichty, Strathmartine was called Strathdichty Martin. The Dichty Water flows through the parishes.[3][4]

William Lorimer, the classicist, known for producing a translation of the New Testament in Lowland Scots was born in Strathmartine. Baldovan village to the north was once the home to Strathmartine Hospital which was a long stay hospital for people with severe learning disabilities.[5]

Strathmartine Hospital entrance
St Martin's Stone
  1. ^ Shand, William. "The Dundee Dragon". The Dundee Messenger. Retrieved 11 November 2013.
  2. ^ "Dundee and Montrose, Forfar and Arbroath", Ordnance Survey Landranger Map (B2 ed.), 2007, ISBN 0-319-22980-7
  3. ^ "Mains and Strathmartine". Retrieved 11 November 2013.
  4. ^ Warden, Alex J (1880). Angus or Forfarshire, the land and people, descriptive and historical. Vol. II. pp. 252–253. Retrieved 22 November 2013.
  5. ^ "Strathmartine Hospital". Historic Hospitals. Retrieved 11 March 2020.