Balmashanner War Memorial

Balmashanner War Memorial is a monument in Angus, North East Scotland, Scotland. Balmashanner War Memorial is situated near the peak Balmashanner Hill, as well as near the forest Blue Sea.

Type: Monument
Also known as: “Boammie”
Inscription: “Their name liveth for evermore. Erected in Memory of the men of Forfar and District who fell in the Great War 1914-18”

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights: 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 1 mile north of Balmashanner War Memorial.

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 4,200 feet north of Balmashanner War Memorial.

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.

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, 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.

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a flax mill to spin yarn for heavy linen cloth called osnaburgs (named from the German town of Osnabrück, where it was originally made.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

Balmashanner War Memorial

Categories: building and historic site
Location: Angus, North East Scotland, Scotland, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude

56.63255° or 56° 37′ 57″ north

Longitude

-2.88574° or 2° 53′ 9″ west

Established

1921

Height

571 feet (174 metres)

Open location code

9C8VJ4M7+2P

OpenStreetMap ID

way 154543249

OpenStreetMap feature

building=yes

OpenStreetMap feature

historic=monument

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Notable Places Nearby

Highlights: Balmashanner Hill and Blue Sea.

Nearby Places

Places to explore: Balmashanner and Gallowshade Community Links Garden.

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Worth a closer look: Dundee and Forfar.

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