Broughty Rock
Broughty Rock is in Dundee City, Scotland. Broughty Rock is situated nearby to the suburb Broughty Ferry, as well as near the quarter Forthill.Places of Interest
Highlights include Claypotts Castle and Broughty Castle.
Claypotts Castle
Castle
Photo: Bubobubo2, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Claypotts Castle is a late medieval castle in the suburban West Ferry area of Dundee, Scotland. It is one of the best-preserved examples of a 16th-century Z-plan tower house in Scotland.
Broughty Castle
Castle
Photo: TimVickers, Public domain.
Broughty Castle is a historic castle on the banks of the River Tay in Broughty Ferry, Dundee, Scotland. It was completed around 1495, although the site was earlier fortified in 1454, when George Douglas, 4th Earl of Angus, received permission to build on the site.
Broughty Ferry railway station
Railway station
Photo: Nigel Thompson, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Broughty Ferry railway station is a railway station serving the suburb of Broughty Ferry in Dundee, Scotland. It is sited 3 miles 38 chains from the former Dundee East station, on the Dundee to Aberdeen line, between Dundee and Balmossie.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Dundee and Broughty Ferry.
Dundee
Photo: AlasdairW, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Dundee is an industrial city and port, historically part of Angus county in northeast Scotland. It stands on the north bank of the River Tay, which here broadens out into the North Sea, and in 2022 had a population of 148,000.
Broughty Ferry
Suburb
Photo: Edmarinuk, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Broughty Ferry is a suburb in Dundee, Scotland. It is situated four miles east of the city centre on the north bank of the Firth of Tay. The area was a separate burgh from 1864 until 1913, when it was incorporated into Dundee.
Monifieth
Town
Photo: Val Vannet, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Monifieth is a town and former police burgh in the council area of Angus, Scotland. It is situated on the north bank of the Firth of Tay on the east coast.
Broughty Rock
- Type: Coastline
- Category: landform
- Location: Dundee City, Scotland, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
56.4626° or 56° 27′ 45″ northLongitude
-2.8712° or 2° 52′ 17″ westOpen location code
9C8VF47H+2GOpenStreetMap ID
way 357758204OpenStreetMap feature
natural=coastline
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Localities in the Area
Explore places such as Forthill and East Ferry.
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Broughty Castle Museum and Ye Amphibious Ancient Bathing Association.
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