The incident comes just a few weeks after the Monifieth skatepark was targeted by vandals who, like last night’s culprits, poured oil over much of the park.

However, the extent of the damage at the Blue Seaway bowling green, which is open to the public and used by a bowling club, is far greater.

As well as pouring motor oil over a large portion of the green, the vandals also carved two swastikas and other obscenities into the grass as they ran amok.

They also threw stones and rocks over much of the lawn and have cycled across the green, leaving large tyre tracks behind them. The vandals also threw stones into the tennis courts.

Karen Dillon, from Angus Council’s parks department, discovered the damage this morning.

She said, “A few weeks ago the skatepark was vandalised and this morning we saw the bowling green had been done too.

“They’ve carved names into it and I don’t know if it will have to be lifted. I just don’t know what to say about it.

“It’s just disgusting. They ruined the skatepark for the kids and now they’ve ruined the bowling green for everybody who uses it. It seems to be the exact same sort of thing as happened to the skatepark.”

A spokeswoman for Angus Council said, "We are currently reviewing the damage at the bowling green to allow us to undertake appropriate repairs.”

The bowling green is overlooked by residential properties, yet it appears the vandals were able to go about their business uninterrupted. “It must have been daylight when they did it so they could see what they were writing. Somebody must have seen something,” said one passer-by.