Ballinshoe Tower
Ballinshoe Tower is a ruins in Angus, North East Scotland, Scotland. Ballinshoe Tower is situated nearby to the town Kirriemuir, as well as near the lake Loch of Forfar.Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Kirriemuir Gateway to the Glens Museum and Loch of Forfar.
Kirriemuir Gateway to the Glens Museum
Museum
Photo: G Laird, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Kirriemuir Gateway to the Glens Museum is situated 2 miles west of Ballinshoe Tower.
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. Loch of Forfar is situated 2 miles southeast of Ballinshoe Tower.
Tayside Police Museum
Museum
Photo: Trish Steel, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Tayside Police Museum is situated 2 miles west of Ballinshoe Tower.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Kirriemuir and Forfar.
Kirriemuir
Town
Photo: Nick, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Kirriemuir, sometimes called Kirrie or the Wee Red Toon, is a burgh in Angus, Scotland, United Kingdom. The playwright J. M. Barrie was born and buried here and a statue of Peter Pan is in the town square. Kirriemuir is situated 2 miles west of Ballinshoe Tower.
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.
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a flax mill to spin yarn for heavy linen cloth called osnaburgs (named from the German town of Osnabrück, where it was originally made.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 3½ miles south of Ballinshoe Tower.
Ballinshoe Tower
- Type: Ruins
- Also known as: “Ballinshoe Castle”
- Categories: tower, building, and historic site
- Location: Angus, North East Scotland, Scotland, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
56.66655° or 56° 39′ 60″ northLongitude
-2.95266° or 2° 57′ 10″ westOpen location code
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historic=yesOpenStreetMap feature
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