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Note
Date 1978
Event ID 1144321
Category Descriptive Accounts
Type Note
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/event/1144321
Forfar
The site of Forfar Castle (NO 456 508) was in use during the 11th century and the town became a royal burgh by about the mid-12th century.
RCAHMS 1978
(Reid 1902, 1-25; Pryde 1965, 12-13, no. 23)