Upper Drumgley
Upper Drumgley is a hamlet in Angus, North East Scotland, Scotland. Upper Drumgley is situated nearby to the hamlet Nether Drumgley, as well as near Easter Drumgley.Places of Interest
Highlights include St Orland’s Stone and Loch of Forfar.
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.
Loch of Forfar
Lake
Photo: Karen Vernon, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Loch of Forfar is a freshwater loch lying on the western side of the town of Forfar, Scotland. The loch trends in an east to west direction and is approximately 1 mi in length.
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 2½ miles east of Upper Drumgley.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Douglastown and Forfar.
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a flax mill to spin yarn for heavy linen cloth called osnaburgs (named from the German town of Osnabrück, where it was originally made.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 2 miles south of Upper Drumgley.
Forfar
Photo: LeCardinal, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Forfar is the county town of Angus, 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.
Kirriemuir
Town
Photo: Nick, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Kirriemuir, sometimes called Kirrie or the Wee Red Toon, is a burgh in Angus, Scotland, United Kingdom. The playwright J. M. Barrie was born and buried here and a statue of Peter Pan is in the town square. Kirriemuir is situated 3 miles northwest of Upper Drumgley.
Upper Drumgley
- Type: Hamlet
- Also known as: “Overton of Drumgley”
- Category: locality
- Location: Angus, North East Scotland, Scotland, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
56.64211° or 56° 38′ 32″ northLongitude
-2.95037° or 2° 57′ 1″ westOpen location code
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