Hunter’s Hill Stone
The Hunter's Hill Stone, otherwise known as the Glamis 1 Stone, is a Class II Pictish standing stone at Hunter's Hill to the south east of Glamis village, Angus, Scotland.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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- Type: Archaeological site
- Description: archaeological site in Angus, Scotland, UK
- Also known as: “Glamis 1”
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Glamis Manse Stone and Kinnettles Castle.
Glamis Manse Stone
Photo: Simon Burchell, CC BY-SA 3.0.
The Glamis Manse Stone, also known as Glamis 2, is a Class II Pictish stone at the village of Glamis, Angus, Scotland. Dating from the 9th century, it is located in the garden of the Manse, close to the parish church and is visible only from 20m. Glamis Manse Stone is situated 2,800 feet west of Hunter’s Hill Stone.
Kinnettles Castle
Castle
Photo: Alan Morrison, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Kinnettles Castle is a mid-19th century period castle located in Forfar, Angus, Scotland. Set on 44 acres, the Scottish Baronial castle is now a hotel. Kinnettles Castle is situated 2 miles east of Hunter’s Hill Stone.
St Orland’s Stone
Archaeological site
Photo: Wallace Shackleton, CC BY-SA 2.0.
St Orland's Stone is a Class II Pictish Cross-Slab at Cossans, near Kirriemuir and Forfar, Angus, Scotland. St Orland’s Stone is situated 2 miles north of Hunter’s Hill Stone.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Glamis and Charleston.
Glamis
Village
Photo: Dan, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Glamis is a small village in Angus, Scotland, located 5 miles south of Kirriemuir and 5 miles southwest of Forfar. It is the location of Glamis Castle, the childhood home of Queen Elizabeth the Queen Mother.
Charleston
Village
Photo: Liz ‘n’ Jim, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Charleston is a village in Angus, Scotland, near Glamis. The village of Charleston came into being in the 1830s. In 1833, the proprietor of the lands of Rochelhill granted a long tack of land to Alexander Bruce, a hand loom weaver in Glamis, and this land was subsequently, in 1838, feued at a rate of £8 per acre.
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a flax mill to spin yarn for heavy linen cloth called osnaburgs (named from the German town of Osnabrück, where it was originally made.
Hunter’s Hill Stone
- Categories: historic site, tourist attraction, and tourism
- Location: Angus, North East Scotland, Scotland, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
56.60687° or 56° 36′ 25″ northLongitude
-2.98918° or 2° 59′ 21″ westOpen location code
9C8VJ246+P8OpenStreetMap ID
node 5324074479OpenStreetMap feature
historic=archaeological_siteWikidata ID
Q5944103
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In Other Languages
“Hunter’s Hill Stone” goes by many names.
- German: “Hunters Hill Stein”
- German: “Hunters-Hill-Stein”
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Hunters Hill and Strathmore Aisle.
Nearby Places
Explore places such as Loanhead and Mains of Glamis Road End.
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