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Perth & Kinross

Meigle

Meigle is a village in Strathmore, . It lies in the council area of in the and Meigle ward. It lies on the A94 road between Perth and .The A94 used to be the main route between Aberdeen and Perth.
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  • Type: Village with 357 residents
  • Description: village in Perth and Kinross, Scotland, UK
  • Also known as: “Migdele”

Places of Interest

Highlights include Meigle Sculptured Stone Museum and Nevay Church.

Museum
Photo: Simon Burchell, CC BY-SA 3.0.
The is a permanent exhibition of 27 carved Pictish stones in the centre of the village of Meigle in eastern . It lies on the A94 road running from to .

Church
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is a ruined 16th century parish church located near the village of in . Originally dedicated to St Neveth, a church has been recorded at this site since the 14th century; however, a round-headed cross-slab found in the church, and now displayed in the Meffan Institute, , suggests an earlier origin. is situated 1½ miles east of Meigle.

Castle
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stands on the lower part of , the most easterly of the Sidlaw Hills, to the south of in . The castle overlooks the wooded Den of Newtyle, and its views extend across Strathmore and include and as well as the Angus and Glenshee hills. is situated 2½ miles southeast of Meigle.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Kirkinch and Newtyle.

Village
, meaning 'kirk on the island' in Scots and Gaelic, is a small village in . The 'island' is the knoll on which stand the remains of the late 16th century and its medieval burial ground. is situated 1½ miles east of Meigle.

Village
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is a village in the west of . It lies eleven miles north of in the southwest of Strathmore, between and in the . is situated 2 miles south of Meigle.

Village
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is a small village in , Scotland. It is situated approximately 3 miles east of , and approximately equidistant between the latter and Meigle. is situated 2 miles southwest of Meigle.

Meigle

Latitude
56.58847° or 56° 35′ 19″ north
Longitude
-3.16251° or 3° 9′ 45″ west
Population
357
Elevation
164 feet (50 metres)
Open location code
9C8RHRQP+9X
Open­Street­Map ID
node 1042815076
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­village
Geo­Names ID
2642816
Wiki­data ID
Q1018733
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In Other Languages

From Basque to Swedish—“Meigle” goes by many names.
  • Basque: “Meigle”
  • Chinese: “米爾格”
  • Dutch: “Meigle”
  • French: “Meigle”
  • German: “Meigle”
  • Indonesian: “Meigle”
  • Irish: “Mígeil”
  • Irish: “Mìgeil”
  • Italian: “Meigle”
  • Japanese: “メイグル”
  • Scottish Gaelic: “Meigle”
  • Scottish Gaelic: “Migeil”
  • Scottish Gaelic: “Mìgeil”
  • Swedish: “Meigle”

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About Mapcarta. Data © OpenStreetMap contributors and available under the Open Database License". Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikipedia page “Meigle”. Photo: Alan Morrison, CC BY-SA 2.0.