Tuhia he tohutoro mō tēnei wāhanga - Ko te wā o te wā o waenganui te tohu o te hītori tuatahi i tuhia i roto i te rohe. I whakatuhia a Arbroath Abbey e William te Raiona i te 1178 ka whakatapua i te tau 1178 me te kaute o Dundee i whakawhiwhia ki a David, Earl o Huntingdon huri noa i te 1182 (I muri mai ka whiwhi a Dundee i te mana o Royal Burgh i te 1292 i te koropiko o te rangatira o David, a John Balliol). I te tata atu ki Carnoustie, ka kitea he maha o nga motte o te wa o mua, tae atu ki Old Downie, kei reira te thanage ka taea te whai ki a Duncan o Downie i te 1254, me te Grange o Barry, me nga ruinga o Panmure Castle, e kiia ana, i hainatia e William te Raiona te tiwhikete Panmure e tuku ana i nga whenua o Panmure ki a Philip de Valognes i te 1172. I whakangaromia te whare rangatira taketake i tētahi wā i te Pakanga Tuarua o te Rangatiratanga
, pea i te tau 1336.