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 Bush, as well as near Tangleha‘.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
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
56.7638° or 56° 45′ 50″ northLongitude
-2.4173° or 2° 25′ 2″ westOperator
NatureScotOpen location code
9C8VQH7M+G3OpenStreetMap ID
way 706142272OpenStreetMap 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 Bush and Tangleha‘.
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Ecclesgreig Old Church and Burial Ground, St Cyrus and Graveyard Watch House.
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