Checkiefield

Checkiefield is a hamlet in , , . Checkiefield is situated nearby to the hamlet , as well as near .

Places of Interest

Highlights include Kirriemuir Gateway to the Glens Museum and Tayside Police Museum.

Museum
Photo: G Laird, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Museum
Photo: Trish Steel, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Archaeological site
Photo: Wallace Shackleton, CC BY-SA 2.0.
St Orland's Stone is a Class II Pictish Cross-Slab at Cossans, near and , . is situated 2 miles south of Checkiefield.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Kirriemuir and Forfar.

Town
Photo: Nick, CC BY-SA 3.0.
, sometimes called Kirrie or the Wee Red Toon, is a burgh in , United Kingdom. The playwright J. M. Barrie was born and buried here and a statue of Peter Pan is in the town square.

Photo: LeCardinal, CC BY-SA 3.0.
is the county town of , 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.

Village
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is a hamlet in Kinnettles in , three miles south-west of . 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to build a flax mill to spin yarn for heavy linen cloth called osnaburgs (named from the German town of , where it was originally made. is situated 4 miles south of Checkiefield.

Checkiefield

Latitude
56.66706° or 56° 40′ 1″ north
Longitude
-2.97311° or 2° 58′ 23″ west
Open location code
9C8VM28G+RQ
Open­Street­Map ID
node 5294885081
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­hamlet
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Localities in the Area

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Notable Places Nearby

Highlights include Ballinshoe Tower and Walled Garden.

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