Upper Thainston

Upper Thainston is a farm in Aberdeenshire, North East Scotland, Scotland. Upper Thainston is situated near the forest Wood of Balnakettle, as well as near Thaneston Belt.

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights: Sir John S Forbes Memorial Fountain, Main Street, Fettercairn and Green Cairn.

Sir John S Forbes Memorial Fountain, Main Street, Fettercairn

Fountain

Photo: Stanley Howe, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Sir John S Forbes Memorial Fountain, Main Street, Fettercairn is situated 1½ miles southeast of Upper Thainston.

Green Cairn

Archaeological site

Photo: Dominic Dawn Harry and Jacob Paterson, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Green Cairn is an archaeological site, which is situated 2 miles south of Upper Thainston.

Fettercairn Parish Church

Church

Photo: Stanley Howe, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Fettercairn Parish Church is situated 2 miles southeast of Upper Thainston.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Fettercairn and Edzell Woods.

Fettercairn

Village

Photo: C Michael Hogan, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Fettercairn is a small village in Aberdeenshire, Scotland, northwest of Laurencekirk in Aberdeenshire on the B966 from Edzell. Fettercairn is also reached via the Cairn O' Mount road from Deeside. Fettercairn is situated 1½ miles southeast of Upper Thainston.

Edzell Woods

Village

Photo: Alan Morrison, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Edzell Woods is a village in the Kincardine and Mearns area of Aberdeenshire, Scotland. It is 4 miles from Edzell by road, but only one mile directly east, over the River North Esk, which forms the boundary between Aberdeenshire and Angus. Edzell Woods is situated 3½ miles south of Upper Thainston.

Edzell

Village

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Edzell is a village in Angus, Scotland. It is five miles north of Brechin, by the River North Esk. Edzell is a Georgian-era planned town, with a broad main street and a grid system of side streets. Edzell is situated 4½ miles southwest of Upper Thainston.

Upper Thainston

Type: Farm
Category: agriculture
Location: Aberdeenshire, North East Scotland, Scotland, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude

56.86764° or 56° 52′ 4″ north

Longitude

-2.61094° or 2° 36′ 39″ west

Open location code

9C8VV99Q+3J

OpenStreetMap ID

way 932382525

OpenStreetMap feature

landuse=farmyard

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Notable Places Nearby

Highlights: Wood of Balnakettle and Thaneston Belt.

Nearby Places

Places to explore: Nether Thainston and Mains of Balnakettle.

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