Birkhill
Birkhill is a Village in the county of Angus.
Birkhill postcode: DD2 5PY
There are great places to visit near Birkhill including some great towns, ruins, lakes, nature reserves, woodlands and historic monuments.
There are a number of towns near Birkhill including Arbroath, Kirriemuir, Forfar, Montrose, Monifieth, Carnoustie, and Brechin.
Birkhill is near some unmissable ruins like Arbroath Abbey,
There are a number of lakes near to Birkhill including Loch of Kinnordy.
There are a several good nature reserves in the area around Birkhill like Loch of Kinnordy.
Places near Birkhill feature a number of interesting woodlands including Loch of Kinnordy.
There are a several good historic monuments in the area around Birkhill like Balmashanner Monument.
Birkhill History
There are some historic monuments around Birkhill:
- Friock Mains, pit alignment 270m WNW of Prehistoric ritual and funerary: pit alignment (ritual or funerary) SM6092
- Newbarns, unenclosed settlement 520m NE of Prehistoric domestic and defensive: hut circle, roundhouse SM6217
- Buckiemill,fort 450m SSE of Prehistoric domestic and defensive: fort (includes hill and promontory fort) SM5591
- Newbarns, unenclosed settlements 190m SSE of and 245m ESE of Prehistoric domestic and defensive: house; Prehistoric ritual and funerary: barrow SM5916
- Ironshill, unenclosed settlement and cropmarks 290m W of Prehistoric domestic and defensive: hut circle, roundhouse; Prehistoric ritual and funerary: barrow SM6056
- Ironshill, roundhouse 430m WSW of Prehistoric domestic and defensive: hut circle, roundhouse SM6055
- Boysack, barrow cemetery and enclosure 250m SW of Invergighty Cottage Prehistoric ritual and funerary: barrow SM5984
- Cotton of Balcathie, unenclosed settlement 700m WSW of Prehistoric domestic and defensive: settlement SM7068
- Hawkhill Quarry, ring ditches Prehistoric domestic and defensive: house SM6283
- Douglasmuir, roundhouse, enclosure and pits 560m NNW of Prehistoric domestic and defensive: enclosure (domestic or defensive); Prehistoric ritual and funerary: pit alignment (ritual or funerary) SM5983
- Leys of Boysack,palisaded enclosure 400m E of Prehistoric domestic and defensive: palisaded enclosure SM5989
- Raesmill Burn, unenclosed settlement 300m ESE of Anniston Mill Prehistoric domestic and defensive: hut circle, roundhouse SM5918
- Arbirlot, carved stone 20m S of Manse Crosses and carved stones: sculptured stone (not ascribed to a more specific type) SM145
- West Mains of Colliston,enclosure 200m NE of Prehistoric domestic and defensive: enclosure (domestic or defensive) SM6124
- Ironshill, settlement 240m WSW of Balnabrechan Lodge Prehistoric domestic and defensive: hut circle, roundhouse SM5981
- Maryton Law, cairn, 500m SSW of Torkirk House Prehistoric ritual and funerary: cairn (type uncertain) SM2873
- Newbarns, unenclosed settlement, SE of Anniston Smithy Prehistoric domestic and defensive: house SM6361
- Souterrain, Eastern Cemetery, Arbroath Prehistoric domestic and defensive: souterrain, earth-house SM6641
- Kinnells Mill,cairn Prehistoric ritual and funerary: cairn (type uncertain) SM6312
- Ironshill,palisaded enclosure 600m S of Prehistoric domestic and defensive: palisaded enclosure SM5979
- Ethie Mains,fort 750m SE of Prehistoric domestic and defensive: fort (includes hill and promontory fort) SM5611
- David's Hill, enclosure Prehistoric domestic and defensive: enclosure (domestic or defensive) SM6649
- Chapelton,settlement 750m NW of Prehistoric domestic and defensive: settlement SM5987
- Newbarns, enclosure and ring ditch 345m SSW of Prehistoric domestic and defensive: enclosure (domestic or defensive) SM5917
- Arbroath Abbey and associated buildings, including the Abbot's House Ecclesiastical: abbey SM90018
- Priestfield,palisaded homestead and ring ditches 350m ESE of Prehistoric domestic and defensive: palisaded settlement SM5978
- 1 Ironshill Farm Cottages, settlements, barrow and pits 250m SSW of Prehistoric domestic and defensive: hut circle, roundhouse; Prehistoric ritual and funerary: barrow SM6057
- Colliston Castle,enclosure,souterrain,ring ditches & pit alignment Prehistoric domestic and defensive: enclosure (domestic or defensive) SM6125
- West Mains, enclosure and souterrain 265m NNE of Prehistoric domestic and defensive: enclosure (domestic or defensive) SM6218
- Invergighty Cottage,barrow cemetery N of Boysack Prehistoric ritual and funerary: barrow SM5985
- Red Castle,Lunan Bay Secular: castle SM2925
- Enclosure and roundhouse, 220m SE of 6 Mains of Kelly Farm Cottages Prehistoric domestic and defensive: enclosure (domestic or defensive) SM6622
- St Murdoch's Chapel, church and burial ground Ecclesiastical: chapel SM161
- West Mains of Ethie,fort 250m S of Prehistoric domestic and defensive: fort (includes hill and promontory fort) SM5586
- Lud Castle, fort 400m ESE of Tanglehall Prehistoric domestic and defensive: fort (includes hill and promontory fort) SM2876
- Bryanton,enclosure 200m N of Prehistoric domestic and defensive: enclosure (domestic or defensive) SM5948
- West Mains of Colliston,enclosure 300m WNW of Prehistoric domestic and defensive: enclosure (domestic or defensive) SM6130
- Unenclosed settlement and enclosure, 240m SSW of Three Mile Wood Cottage Prehistoric domestic and defensive: enclosure (domestic or defensive) SM7071
- Boysack, enclosures and unenclosed settlement 230m SW and 280m SSE of Prehistoric domestic and defensive: enclosure (domestic or defensive); Prehistoric ritual and funerary: enclosure (ritual or funerary) SM5986
- Newbarns, unenclosed settlement 150m NNW of Waterside Cottage Prehistoric domestic and defensive: hut circle, roundhouse; Prehistoric ritual and funerary: barrow SM5915
- Loanhead, barrow 355m SSE of Templeton Prehistoric ritual and funerary: barrow SM6126
- Balneaves Cottage, cursus and settlement 200m SE of Prehistoric domestic and defensive: hut circle, roundhouse; Prehistoric ritual and funerary: cursus/bank barrow SM6041
- Red Castle, barrow and settlement 125m SW of Castle View Prehistoric domestic and defensive: hut circle, roundhouse; Prehistoric ritual and funerary: barrow SM6404
- Braikie Castle, castle 65m S of Wester Braikie Secular: castle SM166
- Milton of Guthrie, cursus NE of Prehistoric ritual and funerary: cursus/bank barrow SM6282
- Newbarns, ditches, ring ditches & enclosures 290m NNE of Prehistoric domestic and defensive: enclosure (domestic or defensive); Prehistoric ritual and funerary: barrow SM5913
- Maiden Castle, fort 700m ESE of East Seaton Prehistoric domestic and defensive: fort (includes hill and promontory fort) SM2872
- Templeton, enclosure 340m ENE of Prehistoric domestic and defensive: palisaded enclosure; Prehistoric ritual and funerary: enclosure (ritual or funerary) SM5991
- Castle Rock,fort,Auchmithie Prehistoric domestic and defensive: fort (includes hill and promontory fort) SM2875
- Unenclosed settlement and long barrow, 320m SSW of Nether Kelly Prehistoric domestic and defensive: settlement; Prehistoric ritual and funerary: long barrow SM6624
- Hatton Farm, unenclosed settlement 300m NW of Prehistoric domestic and defensive: settlement SM6617
- Dickmount Law, cairn Prehistoric ritual and funerary: cairn (type uncertain) SM2874
- Hatton Mill,enclosure 300m WNW of Prehistoric domestic and defensive: enclosure (domestic or defensive) SM6317
- Newton of Boysack, unenclosed settlement 410m SE of Prehistoric domestic and defensive: hut circle, roundhouse SM6131
- Prail Castle,fort Prehistoric domestic and defensive: fort (includes hill and promontory fort) SM5587
- Denhead Cottage,enclosure 200m W of Prehistoric domestic and defensive: enclosure (domestic or defensive) SM6237
- Ironshill, settlement and enclosures 80m WSW of Prehistoric domestic and defensive: hut circle, roundhouse SM5980
- Templeton, unenclosed settlement 200m and 310m N of Prehistoric domestic and defensive: hut circle, roundhouse SM5990
- Cairn Knap,cairn Prehistoric ritual and funerary: cairn (type uncertain) SM6093
- Pitmuies Mill Farm,ring ditch 250m NW of Prehistoric domestic and defensive: house SM6091
- Mains of Kelly, enclosures 450m WNW of Prehistoric domestic and defensive: palisaded enclosure SM6620
