Balmashanner Hill
Balmashanner Hill is a peak in Angus, North East Scotland, Scotland and has an elevation of 571 feet. Balmashanner Hill is situated nearby to the quarter Gallowshade, as well as near the hamlet Craignathro.Places of Interest
Highlights include Meffan Institute and Forfar, 60 West High Street, St Margaret’s Church.
Meffan Institute
Museum
Photo: Ewen Rennie, CC BY-SA 2.0.
The Meffan Institute is a museum and art gallery in Forfar, Angus. Opened in 1898, it houses a variety of exhibits of local interest in Angus, including a collection of Pictish stones, particularly the Dunnichen Stone and the Kirriemuir Sculptured Stones as well as Roman and Medieval artefacts found in the local area.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Forfar and Kingsmuir.
Forfar
Photo: LeCardinal, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Forfar is the county town of Angus, 13 miles north of Dundee, with a population in 2022 of 15,700. Its main attractions are Glamis Castle, and the fine Pictish stones here and at Meigle and Aberlemno.
Kingsmuir
Village
Photo: Alan Morrison, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Kingsmuir is a small village in Angus, Scotland, one mile south-east of Forfar on the B9128 Carnoustie to Forfar road.
Douglastown
Village
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Douglastown is a hamlet in Kinnettles in Angus, Scotland, three miles south-west of Forfar. It takes its name from the landowner who in about 1789 provided land for James Ivory & Co. to build a flax mill to spin yarn for heavy linen cloth called osnaburgs (named from the German town of Osnabrück, where it was originally made.
Balmashanner Hill
- Type: Peak with an elevation of 571 feet
- Category: landform
- Location: Angus, North East Scotland, Scotland, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
56.63273° or 56° 37′ 58″ northLongitude
-2.88418° or 2° 53′ 3″ westElevation
571 feet (174 metres)Open location code
9C8VJ4M8+38OpenStreetMap ID
node 3927765813OpenStreetMap feature
natural=peakGeoNames ID
12613065
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