Other current and historical names
Location and coordinates are for the approximate centre of Edzell within this administrative area. Geographic features and populated places may cross administrative borders.
Gazetteer of the British Isles (Edinburgh: Bartholomew, 1887). John Bartholomew
Edzell (popularly Aigle), vil., Forfarshire, and par., partly also in Kincardineshire -- par., 20,068 ac., pop. 823; vil. (formerly called Slateford), on the North Esk, 5½ miles N. of Brechin, pop. 370; P.O., T.O., 1 Bank; has several annual fairs; 1 mile W. is the ruin of Edzell Castle, an old seat of the Lindsays, now the property of the Earl of Dalhousie; it consists of two towers, connected by an extensive wall; the oldest is of unknown antiquity, the other dates from the 16th cent.