# Letham, Angus

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**Letham** (ˈlɛθəm) is a village in [Angus, Scotland](/source/Angus,_Scotland).

Letham is the largest village in Angus,[1][failed verification] with a population of nearly 2,000. Situated 17 miles (27 km) from [Dundee](/source/Dundee), 5 miles (8.0 km) from [Forfar](/source/Forfar), 10 miles (16 km) from [Arbroath](/source/Arbroath) and 10 miles (16 km) from [Carnoustie](/source/Carnoustie).[2]

There are some shops, including two groceries, one of which incorporates the Post Office and newsagent, a primary school, a bakery, a hairdresser, a take-away restaurant, a former hotel which now only functions as bar, the Commercial Inn and a co-operative craft shop named Hand Pict. The village is part of the parish of Letham, Dunnichen and Kirkden.

In and around the village is an extensive pattern of green paths which are kept cut by a group of volunteers, giving the village many and varied places to walk. Many organisations and groups exist to enhance village life, the oldest of these being the Feuars Committee,[citation needed] which manages properties, held in trust for the people of the village.

Nearby is the village of [Dunnichen](/source/Dunnichen), which is widely believed to be the site of the [Battle of Nechtansmere](/source/Battle_of_Nechtansmere), and the Hamlets of [Bowriefauld](/source/Bowriefauld) and [Craichie](/source/Craichie). To the north of the village there is a [Pictish stone](/source/Pictish_stone) with a cup and ring marking, locally known as the Girdlestane. Pictish stones have been found in many sites in Angus.

Letham is twinned with [Monasterboice](/source/Monasterboice), County Louth, Ireland.[3]

## References

1. ["Community Website Builder"](https://web.archive.org/web/20151119202633/http://www.lethamangus.btck.co.uk/About%20us). Archived from [the original](http://www.lethamangus.btck.co.uk/About%20us) on 19 November 2015.

1. Ordnance Survey, Great Britain (2007), "Dundee and Montrose, Forfar and Arbroath", *[Ordnance Survey](/source/Ordnance_Survey) Landranger Map*, B2 ed., ISBN 978-0-319-22980-4

1. ["Monasterboice and Letham agree twinning status"](https://www.independent.ie/regionals/droghedaindependent/localnotes/monasterboice-and-letham-agree-twinning-status-27124461.html). *Drogheda Independent*. 22 September 2000.

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