Fern
Fern is a Village in the county of Angus.
Fern postcode: DD8 3QW
There are great places to visit near Fern including some great towns, ruins, lakes, nature reserves, woodlands and historic monuments.
Fern has some unmissable towns nearby like Arbroath, Kirriemuir, Forfar, Montrose, Monifieth, Carnoustie, and Brechin.
Ruins to visit near Fern include Arbroath Abbey.
Don't miss Loch of Kinnordy's lakes if visiting the area around Fern.
Don't miss Loch of Kinnordy's nature reserves if visiting the area around Fern.
Fern is near some unmissable woodlands like Loch of Kinnordy,
The area around Fern's best historic monuments can be found at Balmashanner Monument.
Fern History
There are some historic monuments around Fern:
- Battledykes, Roman camp Prehistoric domestic and defensive: souterrain, earth-house; Roman: camp SM2308
- Shielhill,pit alignments N of Shielhill Farm Prehistoric domestic and defensive: pit alignment; Prehistoric ritual and funerary: pit alignment (ritual or funerary) SM6348
- Noronbank,timber hall 80m SE of Prehistoric domestic and defensive: hall SM4103
- Westerton,standing stone 120m W of Prehistoric ritual and funerary: standing stone SM4585
- Balhall, fields and cupmarked stone 800m W of Balhall Lodge Prehistoric domestic and defensive: field or field system; Prehistoric ritual and funerary: cupmarks or cup-and-ring marks and similar rock art SM4459
- Finavon Castle Secular: castle SM2464
- Aberlemno, cross slab and symbol stones, NE of Village Hall Crosses and carved stones: cross slab SM90004
- Mansworn Rig,house,fields and cairns 450m E of Tullo Hill Prehistoric domestic and defensive: field or field system SM4465
- Beattie's Cairn,cairn 1200m WNW of Balhall Lodge Prehistoric ritual and funerary: cairn (type uncertain) SM6360
- Shandford,souterrain 700m ESE of Prehistoric domestic and defensive: souterrain, earth-house SM6410
- East Mains of Whitewell,souterrains 400m NNW of Prehistoric domestic and defensive: souterrain, earth-house SM6371
- East Mains of Whitewell,barrow and pits 200m NNW of Prehistoric ritual and funerary: barrow SM6372
- Newbigging, hut circle 820m NNW of Prehistoric domestic and defensive: hut circle, roundhouse SM6874
- Carsegownie,cairn 400m SE of Prehistoric ritual and funerary: cairn (type uncertain) SM5947
- Hill of Menmuir,fields and cairns 900m ESE of Rome Prehistoric domestic and defensive: field or field system; Secular: field system SM4464
- Vayne, standing stone Prehistoric ritual and funerary: standing stone SM135
- White Caterthun,houses,cairns and fields 800m W of Prehistoric domestic and defensive: field or field system SM4571
- Balquharn, souterrains 400m and 600m W of Shandford Prehistoric domestic and defensive: souterrain, earth-house SM6403
- Carse Grey,settlement and souterrains 600m SW of Prehistoric domestic and defensive: settlement SM6311
- Myreside,henge,enclosure and barrows NW of Prehistoric domestic and defensive: enclosure (domestic or defensive); Prehistoric ritual and funerary: henge SM5934
- Blackgate Smithy,stone circle Prehistoric ritual and funerary: stone circle or ring SM149
- Tullo Hill,cairns Prehistoric ritual and funerary: cairn (type uncertain) SM6407
- The Flobbits, hut circle 1200m SSE of Craig Hill Prehistoric domestic and defensive: hut circle, roundhouse SM8504
- Battledykes, cairn 475m SSE of Prehistoric ritual and funerary: cairn (type uncertain) SM7234
- Finavon, fort NE of Hill of Finavon Prehistoric domestic and defensive: fort (includes hill and promontory fort) SM139
- Balhall Lodge, hut circle and field system 1100m NNE of Prehistoric domestic and defensive: hut circle, roundhouse; Secular: enclosure SM8506
- Gallows Hillock,burial mound 350m WNW of Parkhill Prehistoric ritual and funerary: mound (ritual or funerary) SM4755
- Meikle Coull,souterrains 250m WSW of Prehistoric domestic and defensive: souterrain, earth-house SM6331
- Wellford,enclosure 350m W of Prehistoric domestic and defensive: enclosure (domestic or defensive) SM6390
- Barnyards,enclosure 100m NW of Prehistoric domestic and defensive: enclosure (domestic or defensive) SM6355
- Denside Cottage, standing stone 150m E of Prehistoric ritual and funerary: standing stone SM115
- Law of Baldoukie,barrow 140m E of Baldoukie Farm Prehistoric ritual and funerary: barrow SM6314
- Aberlemno churchyard, cross slab Crosses and carved stones: cross slab SM90003
- Meikle Coull, souterrain 100m SW of Prehistoric domestic and defensive: souterrain, earth-house SM6332
- Balgavies Castle Secular: castle SM5448
- Shandford,souterrain 700m E of Prehistoric domestic and defensive: souterrain, earth-house SM6408
- East Memus, standing stone 700m NE of Prehistoric ritual and funerary: standing stone SM118
- Shielhill,pit alignments 200m NE of Shielhill Farm Prehistoric domestic and defensive: pit alignment; Prehistoric ritual and funerary: pit alignment (ritual or funerary) SM6349
- Bridgend,cairn 180m SSW of Bridge of Lethnot Prehistoric ritual and funerary: cairn (type uncertain) SM4416
- Law of Windsor,cairn E of Hilton of Fern Prehistoric ritual and funerary: cairn (type uncertain) SM3375
- Carse Grey, stone setting 225m WNW of Prehistoric ritual and funerary: stone setting SM4461
- Restenneth Priory Ecclesiastical: priory SM90246
- Balbinny,enclosure 400m E of Prehistoric domestic and defensive: enclosure (domestic or defensive) SM6357
- Milton of Ogil ring ditch 250m WSW of Prehistoric domestic and defensive: house SM6356
- Turin Hill, forts and cup-and-ring marked rock Prehistoric domestic and defensive: fort (includes hill and promontory fort); Prehistoric ritual and funerary: cupmarks or cup-and-ring marks and similar rock art SM142
- The Flobbits, hut circle 1090m SSE of Craig Hill Prehistoric domestic and defensive: hut circle, roundhouse SM7272
- Vayne Castle, castle 290m SSW of Vayne Secular: castle SM4015
- Shandford,souterrains 400m SE of Prehistoric domestic and defensive: souterrain, earth-house SM6409
- Baldoukie,souterrains 250m NE of Prehistoric domestic and defensive: souterrain, earth-house SM6315
- Mains of Careston, barrows 100m E of Prehistoric ritual and funerary: barrow SM6391
- Meikle Coull,burial mound 1200m NW of Prehistoric ritual and funerary: barrow SM4734
- Melgund Cottage,cairn 100m WNW of and enclosure 200m WNW of Prehistoric domestic and defensive: enclosure (domestic or defensive); Prehistoric ritual and funerary: cairn (type uncertain) SM6471
- Flemington Tower,Aberlemno Secular: tower SM5447
- Rob's Reed, homestead 485m ESE of Home Farm Prehistoric domestic and defensive: homestead SM2869
