Forfar, a royal and parliamentary burgh of Scotland, capital of Forfarshire, situated in the valley of Strathmore, near a small loch of the same name, 13 m. N. by E. of Dundee; pop. of the town in 1871, 11,036. It consists of two principal streets, with well built substantlal houses. Among its public buildings are a handsome county hall, a court house, a library and reading room, and a mechanics' institute. Its staple manufacture is linen, chiefly sheetings, osnaburgs, and dowlas. Shoes called brogues are also made largely for export. Forfar is connected by railway with Aberdeen, Arbroath, and the south. It has been a royal burgh since the reign of David I., and its'castle, destroyed by Robert Bruce in 1307, was once a royal residence.