Cortachy Parish Church

Cortachy Parish Church is a church in Angus, North East Scotland, Scotland. Cortachy Parish Church is situated near the cemetery Cortachy Kirkyard, as well as near Cortachy Castle Burial Ground.

Type: Church
Denomination: Church of Scotland
Address: Cortachy, Kirriemuir, DD8 4LX

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights: Cortachy Castle and Inverquharity Castle.

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 1,100 feet southeast of Cortachy Parish Church.

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 southeast of Cortachy Parish Church.

Mile Hill

Peak

Mile Hill is located in Angus, Scotland, 1000 metres west of Dykehead. It is a circular hill between Glen Clova and Glen Prosen. It has an elevation of 321 m and a prominence of 60 m and is classed as a Tump.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Cortachy and Memus.

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.

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 2 miles east of Cortachy Parish Church.

Kirriemuir

Town

Photo: Nick, CC BY-SA 3.0.

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 3½ miles south of Cortachy Parish Church.

Cortachy Parish Church

Categories: building, place of worship, and religion
Location: Angus, North East Scotland, Scotland, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude

56.72524° or 56° 43′ 31″ north

Longitude

-2.98924° or 2° 59′ 21″ west

Established

1828

Open location code

9C8VP2G6+38

OpenStreetMap ID

way 551534407

OpenStreetMap feature

amenity=place_of_worship

OpenStreetMap feature

building=yes

OpenStreetMap attribute

denomination=church_of_scotland

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Notable Places Nearby

Highlights: Cortachy Kirkyard and Cortachy Castle Burial Ground.

Nearby Places

Places to explore: Cortachy House and Cortachy Primary School.

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