Forfar Indoor Sports

Small museum, the highlights are the Pictish Kirriemuir Sculptured Stones and the Dunnichen Stone. Other exhibits cover town life, including the witch-hunts of 1661-66. There's also an art gallery.

These are richly carved standing stones with Pictish symbols from early medieval times, perhaps 9th century. Four are in or near Aberlemno village churchyard: they're in their original outdoor positions but in winter are boxed in to prevent frost damage. The stone in the churchyard (#2) has a Celtic Cross and a battle scene, which might involve Picts, Danes, Northumbrians or archaeologists arguing over its interpretation. Stone #4 is in the McManus Gallery in Dundee.

Glamis (say glamz) Castle has been the home of the Lyon family since the 14th century, though the present turreted chateau is from the 17th. It was the childhood home of Elizabeth Bowes-Lyon, who married King George VI, and was later known as Queen Elizabeth the Queen Mother. Her second daughter Princess Margaret was born here and the castle remains the home of the Earl and Countess of Strathmore and Kinghorne. Naturally they big-up this aristocratic roll-call but it was a Durham coal-mining fortune in the 18th century that paid for the present splendour. Highlights are the grand Drawing Room, the Kitchens, and Duncan's Hall where, according to Shakespeare, Macbeth murdered King Duncan. (Actually it was at Inverness, and never happened, see Birnam and Cawdor.) There are impressive extensive gardens.

Exhibition of 27 carved Pictish stones in the former schoolhouse. They're 9th century and were found in the local churchyard. They appear to be tombstones and their number and quality suggests an important monastery once stood here.