St Cyrus National Nature Reserve

St Cyrus National Nature Reserve is a nature reserve in Aberdeenshire, North East Scotland, Scotland. St Cyrus National Nature Reserve is situated nearby to the hamlet Kirkside, as well as near Warburton.

Places of Interest

Highlights include Stone of Morphie and Sunnyside Royal Hospital.

Stone of Morphie

Archaeological site

Photo: Anne Burgess, CC BY-SA 2.0.

The Stone of Morphie is a standing stone about 700 metres west of the Coast Highway bridge of the River North Esk and 400 metres east of the historic Mill of Morphie in Aberdeenshire, Scotland.

Sunnyside Royal Hospital

Photo: Alan Morrison, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Sunnyside Royal Hospital was a psychiatric hospital located in Hillside, north of Montrose, Scotland. It closed in 2011 and is now used for housing.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Montrose and St Cyrus.

Montrose

Photo: Gortyna, CC BY-SA 4.0.

Montrose is a small port in Angus, midway between Dundee and Aberdeen in northeast Scotland. In 2022 its population was 11,200.

St Cyrus

Village

Photo: Rpriv2000, CC BY-SA 3.0.

St Cyrus or Saint Cyrus, formerly Ecclesgreig is a village in the far south of Aberdeenshire, Scotland.

Hillside

Village

Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Hillside is a small private village in Angus, Scotland, situated 5 miles to the north of Montrose. The village is the location for the now disused psychiatric hospital, Sunnyside Royal Hospital.

St Cyrus National Nature Reserve

Type: Nature reserve
Also known as: “St Cyrus NNR”
Category: recreation area
Location: Aberdeenshire, North East Scotland, Scotland, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude

56.7638° or 56° 45′ 50″ north

Longitude

-2.4173° or 2° 25′ 2″ west

Operator

NatureScot

Open location code

9C8VQH7M+G3

OpenStreetMap ID

way 706142272

OpenStreetMap feature

leisure=nature_reserve

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Satellite Map

Discover St Cyrus National Nature Reserve from above in high-definition satellite imagery.

Localities in the Area

Explore places such as Kirkside and Scotston of Kirkside.

Notable Places Nearby

Highlights include Ecclesgreig Old Church and Burial Ground, St Cyrus and Graveyard Watch House.

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