Boysack
Boysack is a Village in the county of Angus.
Boysack postcode: DD11 4RX
There are great places to visit near Boysack including some great towns, ruins, lakes, nature reserves, woodlands and historic monuments.
The area around Boysack features a number of interesting towns including Arbroath, Kirriemuir, Forfar, Montrose, Monifieth, Carnoustie, and Brechin.
There are a several good ruins in the area around Boysack like Arbroath Abbey.
Places near Boysack feature a number of interesting lakes including Loch of Kinnordy.
There are a several good nature reserves in the area around Boysack like Loch of Kinnordy.
The area close to Boysack boasts some of the best woodlands including Loch of Kinnordy.
The area around Boysack's best historic monuments can be found at Balmashanner Monument.
Boysack History
There are some historic monuments around Boysack:
- Ironshill, unenclosed settlement and cropmarks 290m W of Prehistoric domestic and defensive: hut circle, roundhouse; Prehistoric ritual and funerary: barrow SM6056
- Brechin Cathedral Round Tower Ecclesiastical: tower SM90041
- Cotton of Balcathie, unenclosed settlement 700m WSW of Prehistoric domestic and defensive: settlement SM7068
- Damside Cottages,souterrain 250m E of Prehistoric domestic and defensive: souterrain, earth-house SM6089
- Invergighty Cottage,barrow cemetery N of Boysack Prehistoric ritual and funerary: barrow SM5985
- Balneaves Cottage, cursus and settlement 200m SE of Prehistoric domestic and defensive: hut circle, roundhouse; Prehistoric ritual and funerary: cursus/bank barrow SM6041
- Balwyllo,enclosures and cropmarks 300m SW of Prehistoric domestic and defensive: enclosure (domestic or defensive) SM6094
- Unenclosed settlement and long barrow, 320m SSW of Nether Kelly Prehistoric domestic and defensive: settlement; Prehistoric ritual and funerary: long barrow SM6624
- Hawkhill Quarry, ring ditches Prehistoric domestic and defensive: house SM6283
- Unenclosed settlement and enclosure, 240m SSW of Three Mile Wood Cottage Prehistoric domestic and defensive: enclosure (domestic or defensive) SM7071
- Newbarns, unenclosed settlement, SE of Anniston Smithy Prehistoric domestic and defensive: house SM6361
- Arrat, burial ground and hospital 65m E of Magdalene's Chapel Cottage Ecclesiastical: chapel SM6362
- Souterrain, Eastern Cemetery, Arbroath Prehistoric domestic and defensive: souterrain, earth-house SM6641
- Raesmill Burn, unenclosed settlement 300m ESE of Anniston Mill Prehistoric domestic and defensive: hut circle, roundhouse SM5918
- Newbarns, unenclosed settlements 190m SSE of and 245m ESE of Prehistoric domestic and defensive: house; Prehistoric ritual and funerary: barrow SM5916
- Damside Cottages,pit circle and pit alignments 200m SSE of Prehistoric domestic and defensive: posthole setting SM5998
- West Mains of Colliston,enclosure 300m WNW of Prehistoric domestic and defensive: enclosure (domestic or defensive) SM6130
- Powmouth,settlement 400m E of Haughs of Kinnaird Prehistoric domestic and defensive: settlement SM6400
- Arrat's Mill, barrows 535m NE of Prehistoric ritual and funerary: barrow SM6363
- Kinnaird Castle, unenclosed settlement 240m W of Wood Cottage Prehistoric domestic and defensive: hut circle, roundhouse SM6397
- Dickmount Law, cairn Prehistoric ritual and funerary: cairn (type uncertain) SM2874
- Kincraig,enclosure and ring ditch 300m E of Prehistoric domestic and defensive: enclosure (domestic or defensive) SM6396
- Langleypark, enclosure and barrow 290m N of Gilrivie Prehistoric domestic and defensive: enclosure (domestic or defensive); Prehistoric ritual and funerary: barrow SM6097
- Colliston Castle,enclosure,souterrain,ring ditches & pit alignment Prehistoric domestic and defensive: enclosure (domestic or defensive) SM6125
- Middle Drums,ring ditches 50m NE of Prehistoric domestic and defensive: house SM6359
- Chapelton,settlement 750m NW of Prehistoric domestic and defensive: settlement SM5987
- 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
- Maiden Castle, fort 700m ESE of East Seaton Prehistoric domestic and defensive: fort (includes hill and promontory fort) SM2872
- Leys of Boysack,palisaded enclosure 400m E of Prehistoric domestic and defensive: palisaded enclosure SM5989
- Ironshill, settlement and enclosures 80m WSW of Prehistoric domestic and defensive: hut circle, roundhouse SM5980
- West Mains of Colliston,enclosure 200m NE of Prehistoric domestic and defensive: enclosure (domestic or defensive) SM6124
- Boysack, barrow cemetery and enclosure 250m SW of Invergighty Cottage Prehistoric ritual and funerary: barrow SM5984
- Pitmuies Cottages,ring ditches SW of Prehistoric domestic and defensive: house SM6087
- Balbirnie Mill,enclosure 300m ENE of Prehistoric domestic and defensive: enclosure (domestic or defensive) SM6395
- Bryanton,enclosure 200m N of Prehistoric domestic and defensive: enclosure (domestic or defensive) SM5948
- 1 Ironshill Farm Cottages, settlements, barrow and pits 250m SSW of Prehistoric domestic and defensive: hut circle, roundhouse; Prehistoric ritual and funerary: barrow SM6057
- Templeton, unenclosed settlement 200m and 310m N of Prehistoric domestic and defensive: hut circle, roundhouse SM5990
- Hatton Mill,enclosure 300m WNW of Prehistoric domestic and defensive: enclosure (domestic or defensive) SM6317
- Arrat's Mill, unenclosed settlement 270m ENE of Prehistoric domestic and defensive: hut circle, roundhouse SM6399
- Newton of Boysack, unenclosed settlement 410m SE of Prehistoric domestic and defensive: hut circle, roundhouse SM6131
- Lud Castle, fort 400m ESE of Tanglehall Prehistoric domestic and defensive: fort (includes hill and promontory fort) SM2876
- Dun Mill,palisaded enclosure and ring ditch 500m WNW of Prehistoric domestic and defensive: palisaded settlement SM6120
- Castle Rock,fort,Auchmithie Prehistoric domestic and defensive: fort (includes hill and promontory fort) SM2875
- Ironshill,palisaded enclosure 600m S of Prehistoric domestic and defensive: palisaded enclosure SM5979
- Mains of Kelly, enclosures 450m WNW of Prehistoric domestic and defensive: palisaded enclosure SM6620
- Arbroath Abbey and associated buildings, including the Abbot's House Ecclesiastical: abbey SM90018
- Pitmuies Mill Farm,ring ditch 250m NW of Prehistoric domestic and defensive: house SM6091
- Milton of Guthrie, cursus NE of Prehistoric ritual and funerary: cursus/bank barrow SM6282
- Maryton Law, cairn, 500m SSW of Torkirk House Prehistoric ritual and funerary: cairn (type uncertain) SM2873
- Loanhead, barrow 355m SSE of Templeton Prehistoric ritual and funerary: barrow SM6126
- Priestfield,palisaded homestead and ring ditches 350m ESE of Prehistoric domestic and defensive: palisaded settlement SM5978
- Templeton, enclosure 340m ENE of Prehistoric domestic and defensive: palisaded enclosure; Prehistoric ritual and funerary: enclosure (ritual or funerary) SM5991
- Friock Mains, pit alignment 270m WNW of Prehistoric ritual and funerary: pit alignment (ritual or funerary) SM6092
- Pitmuies, cross slab 15m WSW of North Lodge Crosses and carved stones: cross slab SM153
- Newbarns, enclosure and ring ditch 345m SSW of Prehistoric domestic and defensive: enclosure (domestic or defensive) SM5917
- Ironshill, settlement 240m WSW of Balnabrechan Lodge Prehistoric domestic and defensive: hut circle, roundhouse SM5981
- Ironshill, roundhouse 430m WSW of Prehistoric domestic and defensive: hut circle, roundhouse SM6055
- West Broomley,ring ditches 450m WNW of Prehistoric domestic and defensive: house SM6121
- Braikie Castle, castle 65m S of Wester Braikie Secular: castle SM166
- Kinnaird Castle,enclosure 300m WNW of Prehistoric domestic and defensive: enclosure (domestic or defensive) SM6398
- Gilrivie,unenclosed settlement WSW of Prehistoric domestic and defensive: settlement SM6095
- Pitcundrum, enclosure 700m S of Prehistoric domestic and defensive: enclosure (domestic or defensive) SM6609
- Enclosure and roundhouse, 220m SE of 6 Mains of Kelly Farm Cottages Prehistoric domestic and defensive: enclosure (domestic or defensive) SM6622
- Gallows Knowe, cairn 340m S of House of Dun Prehistoric ritual and funerary: cairn (type uncertain) SM862
- Arbirlot, carved stone 20m S of Manse Crosses and carved stones: sculptured stone (not ascribed to a more specific type) SM145
- Kinnells Mill,cairn Prehistoric ritual and funerary: cairn (type uncertain) SM6312
- David's Hill, enclosure Prehistoric domestic and defensive: enclosure (domestic or defensive) SM6649
- West Mains, enclosure and souterrain 265m NNE of Prehistoric domestic and defensive: enclosure (domestic or defensive) SM6218
- East Mains of Pitmuies,ring ditch 250m WNW of Prehistoric domestic and defensive: house SM6088
- 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
- Cairn Knap,cairn Prehistoric ritual and funerary: cairn (type uncertain) SM6093
- Powis,cursus,barrows and enclosures Prehistoric domestic and defensive: enclosure (domestic or defensive); Prehistoric ritual and funerary: cursus/bank barrow SM6117
- Damside Cottages,settlement 400m E of Prehistoric domestic and defensive: settlement SM6090
- Powis Farm,barrows Prehistoric ritual and funerary: barrow SM6118
- Old Montrose,enclosure and ring ditches 600m WSW of Prehistoric domestic and defensive: enclosure (domestic or defensive) SM6119
- Guthrie Collegiate Aisle, Guthrie parish church Ecclesiastical: collegiate church SM8965
