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A coastal resort town and royal burgh in Angus, situated 38 miles (61 km) north east of Dundee between the mouths of the North and South Esk rivers. It is the northernmost coastal town in Angus and developed at a natural harbour that traded in skins, hides and cured salmon in medieval times. The town once possessed a strong castle which was occupied in 1296 by Edward I of England and destroyed a year later by William Wallace. Today the town's economy depends on tourism, food processing, chemicals, engineering and oil-related industries. It is said that Lord James Douglas embarked from here for Jerusalem with the heart of King Robert the Bruce and the Old Pretender sailed from here at the close of the 1715 Jacobite Rising. Montrose, which boasts the widest High Street in Scotland, has many fine buildings including its Town House or Ba Hoose and Montrose Museum and Art Gallery.
