Monifieth
Monifieth
Monifieth in Angus is a town with a population of just under 10,000 people. Monifieth has a harbour and is located on the Firth of Tay.
Monifieth remained a small village until the early 19th century when it began to grow rapidly due to the expansion of the local textile industry. Monifieth is now thought of as a commuter town and suburb of the larger city of Dundee.
Monifieth was once an important ecclesiastical site in the early medieval period as evidenced by the presence of class II and III Pictish stones. The Céli Dé monastic order owned the land until it was granted to the Tironensian monks of Arbroath Abbey in the early 13th century.
Created: 7 July 2022 Edited: 29 November 2023
Monifieth
Local History around Monifieth
There are some historic monuments around including:
Unenclosed settlement, 275m S of Downie Mill Prehistoric domestic and defensive: settlement SM6603Morton, timber hall and enclosure 240m SSE of Prehistoric domestic and defensive: hall SM6877Woodhill House, settlement SSW of Prehistoric domestic and defensive: settlement SM6565Fetterdale, unenclosed settlement 300m NW of Prehistoric domestic and defensive: settlement SM6909Barry, enclosure 350m S of Ravensby House Prehistoric domestic and defensive: settlement SM6569Lawhouses, unenclosed settlement E of Prehistoric domestic and defensive: settlement SM7099Lawhouses, unenclosed settlement 500m SSE of Prehistoric domestic and defensive: settlement SM7103Camus's Cross, cross 270 ENE of Downie Hills Cottage Crosses and carved stones: cross (free-standing) SM148North Gates, mortuary enclosure and circular enclosure 135m ESE of Prehistoric domestic and defensive: souterrain, earth-house; Prehistoric ritual and funerary: enclosure (ritual or funerary) SM6527Kirkton House, roundhouses 780m and 805m ESE of Prehistoric domestic and defensive: hut circle, roundhouse SM6790The Mound, motte, Grange of Barry Secular: motte SM6566Lawhouses, enclosures 650m SE of Prehistoric domestic and defensive: enclosure (domestic or defensive) SM7100Lawhouses, unenclosed settlement 600m SSE of Prehistoric domestic and defensive: settlement SM7319Laws Hill,broch & fort Prehistoric domestic and defensive: fort (includes hill and promontory fort); Secular: folly SM2394Ravensby House, ring ditch 100m SE of Prehistoric domestic and defensive: house SM6568Ardestie, souterrain 400m NW of Mains of Ardestie Prehistoric domestic and defensive: souterrain, earth-house SM90021St Bride's Ring, dun 250m W of Kingennie House Prehistoric domestic and defensive: dun SM134Cairn Greg,cairn 430m ESE of North Gates Prehistoric ritual and funerary: cairn (type uncertain) SM2889Lawhouses, enclosure 400m SE of Prehistoric domestic and defensive: house SM6791Unenclosed settlements and round barrow 112m ESE of Ravensby Coach House Prehistoric domestic and defensive: settlement; Prehistoric ritual and funerary: barrow; Secular: domestic buildings SM6567Woodhill, cursus 100m NW of Prehistoric ritual and funerary: cursus/bank barrow SM6564Old Downie, ring ditch and enclosure 350m W of Prehistoric domestic and defensive: house SM6744Broughty Castle Secular: castle SM90043Affleck Castle Secular: castle SM90007Souterrains 100m SW of Ardownie Farm Cottages Prehistoric domestic and defensive: souterrain, earth-house SM6512Morton, Mesolithic settlement 350m SE of Prehistoric domestic and defensive: settlement SM7641Carlungie, souterrain 160m WNW of Prehistoric domestic and defensive: souterrain, earth-house SM90059.Wildlife in and Around Monifieth
Mammals found in Monifieth
There have been 28 species of mammals recorded in the monifieth area.
| 45 Khz Pipistrelle (Pipistrellus pipistrellus) |
| American Mink (Neovison vison) |
| Bank Vole (Myodes glareolus) |
| Brown Hare (Lepus europaeus) |
| Common Seal (Phoca vitulina) |
| 55 Khz Pipistrelle (Pipistrellus pygmaeus) |
| Badger (Meles meles) |
| Blue-White Dolphin (Stenella coeruleoalba) |
| Brown Rat (Rattus norvegicus) |
| Common Shrew (Sorex araneus) |
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Birds found in Monifieth
There have been 180 species of birds recorded in the monifieth area.
| (Gallinula chloropus subsp. chloropus) |
| Arctic Tern (Sterna paradisaea) |
| Barn Owl (Tyto alba) |
| Bean Goose (Anser fabalis) |
| Black Swan (Cygnus atratus) |
| Arctic Skua (Stercorarius parasiticus) |
| Bar-Tailed Godwit (Limosa lapponica) |
| Barnacle Goose (Branta leucopsis) |
| Black Redstart (Phoenicurus ochruros) |
| Black Tern (Chlidonias niger) |
