Muirhouses

Muirhouses is a farm in Angus, North East Scotland, Scotland. Muirhouses is situated near the archaeological site Caddam Standing Stone, as well as near the golf course Kirriemuir.

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights: Inverquharity Castle and Cortachy Castle.

Inverquharity Castle

Castle

Photo: Tom Pennington, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Inverquharity Castle is a 15th-century tower house in Angus, Scotland. It lies around 4.5 kilometres north-east of Kirriemuir near the River South Esk. Inverquharity Castle is situated 1½ miles northeast of Muirhouses.

Cortachy Castle

Castle

Photo: Kasteelbeer, CC BY-SA 3.0.

Cortachy Castle is a castellated mansion House at Cortachy, Angus, Scotland, some four miles north of Kirriemuir. Cortachy Castle is situated 2 miles north of Muirhouses.

Inverquharity is a Roman fortlet in Scotland, close to the Highland Line about 5 miles north of Kirriemuir, Angus. Although very little archaeological work has taken place, it is assumed that Inverquharity forms part of the Roman occupation during the Flavian period; this would mean it was constructed sometime between 70 and 86 CE. Inverquharity is situated 1¼ miles northeast of Muirhouses.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Kirriemuir and Cortachy.

Kirriemuir

Town

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Kirriemuir, sometimes called Kirrie or the Wee Red Toon, is a historic market town and burgh in Angus, Scotland. It is approximately 50 miles north of Edinburgh, 73 miles northeast of Glasgow, and 14 miles north of Dundee. Kirriemuir is situated 1½ miles south of Muirhouses.

Cortachy

Village

Photo: Ian Cleland, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Cortachy is a village in Angus, Scotland. It lies in at the mouth of Glen Clova, on the River South Esk, four miles north of Kirriemuir. Nearby lies Cortachy Castle, seat of the Earls of Airlie. Cortachy is situated 2 miles north of Muirhouses.

Memus

Village

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Memus is a small village in Angus, Scotland, north of Kirriemuir. It is home to the Drovers Pub. A story is told of a kelpie at Shielhill Bridge, leaving its cloven hoofprint behind on a stone as a petrosomatoglyph. Memus is situated 2½ miles northeast of Muirhouses.

Muirhouses

Type: Farm
Category: agriculture
Location: Angus, North East Scotland, Scotland, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude

56.69765° or 56° 41′ 52″ north

Longitude

-2.99311° or 2° 59′ 35″ west

Open location code

9C8VM2X4+3Q

OpenStreetMap ID

way 372150595

OpenStreetMap feature

landuse=farmyard

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