An Ancient County

The Province of Forfarshire covers the southern part (Circinn) of the ancient heartlands of what was once the Kingdom of the Picts, a time before the creation of Scotland itself. The Romans gave our ancestors this name, "The Picts - the painted ones", a race which even they feared and could not conquer.

Aberlemno Stone	Area of Pictland	Cammus Cross

The Area Covered by the Provincial Grand Lodge

The Province of Forfarshire has under its jurisdiction, 33 Lodges, this covers the, City of Dundee, the Coastal Towns of Broughty Ferry, Monifieth, Carnoustie, Arbroath, and Montrose. Also the Historic inland towns of Brechin, Froickheim, Forfar, Glamis and Kirriemuir, and then there is the Lodge up in beautiful Glen Esk, that of St Andrew No. 282, Lochlee.

The County Area of the Province is rich in history - Arbroath where the great Scottish Declaration of Independance was signed, and famous for its 'Smokies'.

The Cathedral Town of Brechin, seat of the Earls of Dalhousie - whose family provided many Provincial Grand Masters in the 19th to early 20th Century. .

Historic Montrose strongly Jacobite in the 17th & 18 Centuries, home to the Burnes family, cousins to Scotlands greatest 'Bard' - Robert Burns.

Historic Glamis, seat of the Earls of Strathmore, the family of the late Queen Elizabeth the Queen Mother and home of the only Lodge in Scotland with links to the Royal Family. The Lodge affiliated the Duke of York, the future King George VI, in 1936. There is also nearby Kirriemuir, birthplace of J.M. Barrie who wrote 'Peter Pan'.

The County town of Forfar, famous for its delicacy 'The Forfar Bridie'. and Carnoustie for its famous Golf Course.

The City of Dundee on the north bank of the great River Tay has been in existance for over 800 years, its origins probably going even further back into the mists of time. The origins of Operative masonry in Dundee can be traced and documented back to at least 1536 with the mention of the Lady Luge of Dundee, at the time of the Reformation in Scotland in 1560 the Lodge changes its name to the Lodge of Dundee, still an operative Lodge, the transition into the modern form of speculative Freemasonry possibly starting in 1659, maybe earlier and still called the Lodge of Dundee. Today Dundee has 13 Lodges the oldest being The Operative Lodge of Dundee No. 47, and Ancient No. 49. Althought it can be proved that the History of both Operative and Speculative Masonry can be traced back to the early 16th Century, possibly even the late 15th Century. to the east of Dundee is the former independant fishing town of Broughty Ferry, now a suburb of Dundee.

Forthcoming Events

Installation of the New Provincial Grand Master - Brother Alexander S. Christie. Saturday 25th September 2010 The Ceremony is now to be held in the Harris Academy Hall (Right across the Road from the Westpark) The Dinner to follow will be in the Sidlaw Suite of the the Westpark Conference Centre, Perth Road, Dundee, DD2 1NN. (The whole event should be finished by approx 6.15 pm/6.30 pm. Please note that the Dinner is now FULLY BOOKED and there are no more tickets.(Read more). Get Directions Link to Westpark Site

Centenary - Lodge Grange No. 1073, Monifieth. Saturday 18th September 2010, Obtain Information on this from the Lodge directly. Lodge first consecrated by Ex-Provost David Stewart, P.G. Master 1910-1920 (Pictured) in 1910. (Read the Minutes of that meeting)

The History of the Provincial Grand Lodge.

Link to the Grand Lodge of Scotland