Mains of Glamis

Mains of Glamis is a bus stop in Angus, North East Scotland, Scotland. Mains of Glamis is situated nearby to the archaeological site Hunter’s Hill Stone, as well as near the forest East Plantation.

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 3,000 feet west of Mains of Glamis.

Kinnettles Castle

Castle

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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 Mains of Glamis.

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 Mains of Glamis.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Glamis and Charleston.

Glamis

Village

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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

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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a flax mill to spin yarn for heavy linen cloth called osnaburgs (named from the German town of Osnabrück, where it was originally made.

Mains of Glamis

Type: Bus stop
Category: transportation
Location: Angus, North East Scotland, Scotland, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude

56.60951° or 56° 36′ 34″ north

Longitude

-2.98712° or 2° 59′ 14″ west

Open location code

9C8VJ257+R5

OpenStreetMap ID

node 562698142

OpenStreetMap feature

highway=bus_stop

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Notable Places Nearby

Highlights include Hunter’s Hill Stone and Hunters Hill.

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