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Around fifteen miles north of Dundee on the main A90 lies FORFAR, Angus's county town and the ancient capital of the Picts. The wide High Street is framed by some impressive Victorian architecture and small old-fashioned shops. Midway along, at 20 West High St, the Meffen Institute Museum and Art Gallery (Mon-Sat 10am-5pm; free) exhibits Neolithic, Pictish and Celtic remains and a thoroughly enjoyable collection of re-created historical street scenes. The most disturbing examines the town's seventeenth-century passion for witch-hunting, with a taped re-creation of locals baying for blood. There is also a comprehensive interactive computer catalogue of all the Pictish stones in Angus, and an excellent art gallery.
Forfar's small tourist office (July & Aug Mon-Sat 9.30am-5.30pm; April-June & Sept Mon-Sat 10am-5pm; tel 01307/467876) is at 45 East High St, opposite the soaring steeple of the parish church. Numerous shops and bakers stock the famous "Forfar Bridie", a semi-circular folded pastry-case of mince, onion and seasonings, including Saddlers, a few doors down from the tourist office, and McLarens (the locals' favourite), at 8 West High St.
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