Balmashanner Hill
Balmashanner Hill is a scenic viewpoint in Angus, North East Scotland, Scotland. Balmashanner Hill is situated nearby to the forest Blue Sea, as well as near Balmashanner Woods.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Places of Interest Nearby
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. Meffan Institute is situated 4,000 feet north of Balmashanner Hill.
Forfar, 60 West High Street, St Margaret’s Church
Church
Photo: PaulT, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Forfar, 60 West High Street, St Margaret’s Church is situated 4,000 feet northwest of Balmashanner Hill.
Lowson Memorial Church, Montrose Road, Forfar
Church
Photo: Rpriv2000, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Lowson Memorial Church, Montrose Road, Forfar is situated 1 mile north of Balmashanner Hill.
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. It had a linen and jute industry in the 18th and 19th centuries but those have gone, so Forfar is now a commuter town for Dundee, with a population in 2020 of 14,000.
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a flax mill to spin yarn for heavy linen cloth called osnaburgs (named from the German town of Osnabrück, where it was originally made. Douglastown is situated 3 miles southwest of Balmashanner Hill.
Balmashanner Hill
- Type: Scenic viewpoint
- Category: tourism
- Location: Angus, North East Scotland, Scotland, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
56.63362° or 56° 38′ 1″ northLongitude
-2.88298° or 2° 52′ 59″ westOpen location code
9C8VJ4M8+CROpenStreetMap ID
node 3923668641OpenStreetMap feature
tourism=viewpoint
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Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Balmashanner Hill and Blue Sea.
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