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BROUGHTY FERRY

This article appears in Volume V04, Page 656 of the Encyclopedia Britannica.

Encyclopedia Britannica - Main :: BRI-BUN
BROUGHTY FERRY , a municipal and police
burgh
 , seaport and watering-place of Forfarshire,
Scotland
 , on the Firth of Tay, 4 M. E. of Dundee by the North British railway. Pop. (1901) 10,484. The name is a corruption of Brugh or
Burgh
  Tay, in allusion to the fortress
standing
  on the
rock
  that juts into the Firth. It is believed that a stronghold has occupied this site since Pictish times. The later castle, built in 1498, fell into the hands of the English in 1547 and was held by them for three years. Gradually growing more or less ruinous it was acquired by government in 1855, repaired, strengthened and converted into a Tay defence, mounting several heavy guns. Owing to its healthy and convenient situation, Broughty Ferry has become a favourite residence of Dundee merchants. Fishery and shipping are carried on to a limited extent. Before the erection of the Tay
Bridge
  the town was the scene of much
traffic
 , as the railway ferry from Tayport was then the customary access to Dundee from the
south
 . Monifieth (pop. 2134), 2' M. north-
east
  of Broughty Ferry, with a station on the North British railway, is noted for its golf links. About 2 M. north rises the conical hill of
Laws
  (400 ft. high), on the top of which are the remains of a vitrified fort, 390 ft. long by 198 ft. in breadth.


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