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