Doors Open record participation

The Mortuary Chapel was completed in 1884 and features delicate carvings

More buildings than ever before are inviting the public in for free during the Angus Doors Open weekend.

In total, 29 properties are involved and there is also a heritage walk around Monifieth.

Visitors can tour theatres, churches, courts and castles and climb the 55ft high Balmashanner War Memorial.

A major attraction is expected to be the Mortuary Chapel in Arbroath, which was completed as a mausoleum in 1884 and features intricate carvings.

Other properties involved include the Caledonian Steam Railway Station, Forfar Masonic Temple, Montrose Air Station Heritage Centre, the Camera Obscura on Kirriemuir Hill and JM Barrie's Birthplace.

There is even the chance to tour a former Royal Observer Corps (ROC) Monitoring Post - although booking is required.

It is one of only two refurbished ROC posts the public are allowed into in Scotland and features a collection of equipment and instruments dating from 1958.

The ROC post was designed to monitor nuclear bursts

The underground Cold War relic was designed to monitor nuclear bursts and fall-out across the UK.

Kirsty Macari, conservation assistant for Angus Council, said: They [Doors Open events] are a way of giving the local community an insight into some of the unique buildings that we have in Angus and making them a bit more aware of the built heritage.

"It's another way of educating people a bit more on the built environment and why it's so important to look after the buildings that we have.

"And to understand why Angus has developed the way it has because of some of the buildings - things like Kinnaird Castle have got ancestral history and Pictavia [a museum about the Picts] gives people a real insight."