Roughpark Wood
Roughpark Wood is a forest in Angus, North East Scotland, Scotland. Roughpark Wood is situated nearby to the hamlet Mains of Careston, as well as near Balnabriech.Places of Interest
Highlights include Careston Castle and Melgund Castle.
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.
Melgund Castle
Castle
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Melgund Castle, lying around two kilometres due east of Aberlemno in Angus, Scotland, is a 16th-century L-plan castle which has been partially restored as a private residence. It was designated as a scheduled monument in 1971.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Brechin and Aberlemno.
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.
Aberlemno
Village
Photo: Anne Burgess, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Aberlemno is a parish and small village in the Scottish council area of Angus. It is noted for three large carved Pictish stones dating from the 7th and 8th centuries AD; the stones can be viewed at any time in spring-autumn, but are covered by wooden boxes in the winter to prevent frost damage.
Careston
Hamlet
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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.
Roughpark Wood
- Type: Forest
- Location: Angus, North East Scotland, Scotland, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
56.7249° or 56° 43′ 30″ northLongitude
-2.7569° or 2° 45′ 25″ westOpen location code
9C8VP6FV+X7OpenStreetMap ID
way 949123846OpenStreetMap feature
landuse=forest
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