Memus
Memus is a small village in Angus, Scotland, north of Kirriemuir. It is home to the Drovers Pub. A story is told of a kelpie at Shielhill Bridge, leaving its cloven hoofprint behind on a stone as a petrosomatoglyph.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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Places of Interest
Highlights include Inverquharity Castle and Cortachy Castle.
Inverquharity Castle
Castle
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Inverquharity Castle is a 15th-century tower house in Angus, Scotland. It lies around 4.5 kilometres north-east of Kirriemuir near the River South Esk.
Cortachy Castle
Castle
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Cortachy Castle is a castellated mansion House at Cortachy, Angus, Scotland, some four miles north of Kirriemuir. Cortachy Castle is situated 2 miles west of Memus.
Inverquharity
Archaeological site
Inverquharity is a Roman fortlet in Scotland, close to the Highland Line about 5 miles north of Kirriemuir, Angus. Although very little archaeological work has taken place, it is assumed that Inverquharity forms part of the Roman occupation during the Flavian period; this would mean it was constructed sometime between 70 and 86 CE.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Cortachy and Noranside.
Cortachy
Village
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Cortachy is a village in Angus, Scotland. It lies in at the mouth of Glen Clova, on the River South Esk, four miles north of Kirriemuir. Nearby lies Cortachy Castle, seat of the Earls of Airlie. Cortachy is situated 2 miles west of Memus.
Noranside
Hamlet
Photo: Alan Morrison, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Noranside is a hamlet in Angus, Scotland, located at 56° 44' 0" North, 2° 52' 0" West. The prison HMP Noranside was operated there from 1966 to 2011. Noranside is situated 3 miles east of Memus.
Tannadice
Village
Photo: Lloyd Housley, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Tannadice is a village in Angus, Scotland that lies on the River South Esk and is 4 miles north of Forfar. The estate of Tannadice was formerly owned by William Neish of Tannadice and Clepington. Tannadice is situated 3 miles east of Memus.
Memus
- Type: Village
- Description: village in Angus, Scotland, UK
- Category: locality
- Location: Angus, North East Scotland, Scotland, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
56.71947° or 56° 43′ 10″ northLongitude
-2.9385° or 2° 56′ 19″ westElevation
381 feet (116 metres)Open location code
9C8VP396+QHOpenStreetMap ID
node 4947003539OpenStreetMap feature
place=village
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In Other Languages
From Basque to Japanese—“Memus” goes by many names.
- Basque: “Memus”
- Dutch: “Memus”
- French: “Memus”
- Japanese: “メマス”
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