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.

Area of Pictland	Aberlemno Stone 1	Aberlemno Stone 2	Cammus Cross	St Vigean's Stone

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 Operative and Speculative Masonry can be traced back to the early 16th Century, possibly even the late 15th Century.

'News & Links
Updated News Please note that the PG. Visit to Lodge Caledonian No. 254 is now on Wed 14th March (not Tues 13th as stated on the published lists) Also that the Installation at Lodge St Peter No. 120, Upper Hall Street, Montrose is on Saturday 17th March at 3 p.m. (not Thurs 15th as stated in the published lists)
P.G. Almoner (contact) Please note the new P.G. Almoner is now Bro Steve Mackenzie and can be contacted on 01241 411003 e-mail - SteveMackenzie@blueyonder.co.uk
Grand Lodge reaches Half a Million Pounds in Money raised for the Childrens Hospice Appeal Scotland. At the 100th Anniversary celebrations of the building of Freemasons Hall, in George Street Edinburgh, which also coincided with the 275th Anniversary of the Founding of the Grand Lodge of Scotland. The Grand Lodge achived a significant milestone in that it has now donated £500,000 to C.H.A.S. (Childrens Hospice Appeal Scotland), an event which seems to have had scant attention from the media who did not think it fit to publicise to a great extent. This was commemorated at the event in Murrayfield Stadium on the 9th April 2011.
Annual P.G. Lodge Visitations to the Lodges 2012 (updated 10th Nov 2012) (download pdf list of visits)
List of Lodge Installations (new list for 2011 - updated 15th Nov 2011) (download pdf list of Installations)
'The War Memorials and Rolls of Honour' of the Lodges in the Province of Forfarshire

The History of the Provincial Grand Lodge.

Link to the Grand Lodge of Scotland