Lochty Wood
Lochty Wood is a forest in Angus, North East Scotland, Scotland. Lochty Wood is situated nearby to the hamlet Lochty Council Houses, as well as near Montboy.Places of Interest
Highlights include Careston Castle and Caterthun.
Careston Castle
Castle
Photo: Alan Morrison, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Careston Castle, also known as Caraldston Castle, is an L-plan tower house dating from the 16th century, on a 1,528-acre estate, in Careston parish, Angus, Scotland. It is a category A listed building.
Caterthun
Peak
Photo: Otter, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Caterthun, or the Caterthuns, is a ridge of hills near the city of Brechin in Angus, Scotland. The Caterthuns are notable for being the site of two Iron Age forts known as the White Caterthun and the Brown Caterthun which are designated as a scheduled monument.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Menmuir and Brechin.
Menmuir
Village
Photo: CerridwenJ, Public domain.
Menmuir is a parish in the county of Angus in Scotland. Kirkton of Menmuir consists of only three houses and for this reason is referred to locally as "twa hooses and another yin," but around 250 people live in the area and the community hall is well used.
Brechin
Town
Photo: Anne Burgess, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Brechin is a town and former royal burgh in Angus, Scotland. Traditionally Brechin was described as a city because of its cathedral and its status as the seat of a pre-Reformation Roman Catholic diocese, but that status has not been officially recognised in the modern era.
Careston
Hamlet
Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Careston is a hamlet in Angus, Scotland, that is in the parish of the same name, 5 miles west of Brechin. The parish and hamlet supposedly took their name from a stone laid in commemoration of a Danish chieftain, called Caraldston.
Lochty Wood
- Type: Forest
- Location: Angus, North East Scotland, Scotland, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
56.75° or 56° 44′ 60″ northLongitude
-2.7599° or 2° 45′ 36″ westOpen location code
9C8VP6XR+X3OpenStreetMap ID
way 936124468OpenStreetMap feature
landuse=forest
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