Balnabriech Wood

Balnabriech Wood is a forest in Angus, North East Scotland, Scotland. Balnabriech Wood is situated nearby to the hamlet West Kintrockat, as well as near Mains of Careston.

Places of Interest

Highlights include Melgund Castle and Careston Castle.

Melgund Castle

Castle

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Melgund Castle, lying around two kilometres due east of Aberlemno in Angus, Scotland, is a 16th-century L-plan castle which has been partially restored as a private residence. It was designated as a scheduled monument in 1971.

Careston Castle

Castle

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Careston Castle, also known as Caraldston Castle, is an L-plan tower house dating from the 16th century, on a 1,528-acre estate, in Careston parish, Angus, Scotland. It is a category A listed building.

Brechin High School

School

Brechin High School is a non-denominational secondary school located in Brechin, Angus, Scotland.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Brechin and Aberlemno.

Brechin

Town

Photo: Anne Burgess, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Brechin is a town and former royal burgh in Angus, Scotland. Traditionally Brechin was described as a city because of its cathedral and its status as the seat of a pre-Reformation Roman Catholic diocese, but that status has not been officially recognised in the modern era.

Aberlemno

Village

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Aberlemno is a parish and small village in the Scottish council area of Angus. It is noted for three large carved Pictish stones dating from the 7th and 8th centuries AD; the stones can be viewed at any time in spring-autumn, but are covered by wooden boxes in the winter to prevent frost damage.

Careston

Hamlet

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Careston is a hamlet in Angus, Scotland, that is in the parish of the same name, 5 miles west of Brechin. The parish and hamlet supposedly took their name from a stone laid in commemoration of a Danish chieftain, called Caraldston.

Balnabriech Wood

Type: Forest
Location: Angus, North East Scotland, Scotland, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude

56.7223° or 56° 43′ 20″ north

Longitude

-2.7391° or 2° 44′ 21″ west

Open location code

9C8VP7C6+W9

OpenStreetMap ID

way 396728809

OpenStreetMap feature

natural=wood

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