Careston
Careston is a Village in the county of Angus.
Careston postcode: DD9 6RT
There are great places to visit near Careston including some great towns, ruins, lakes, nature reserves, woodlands and historic monuments.
Arbroath, Kirriemuir, Forfar, Montrose, Monifieth, Carnoustie, and Brechin are great places to visit near Careston if you like towns.
There are a number of ruins near to Careston including Arbroath Abbey.
Careston is near some unmissable lakes like Loch of Kinnordy,
Careston is near some unmissable nature reserves like Loch of Kinnordy,
Woodlands to visit near Careston include Loch of Kinnordy.
Balmashanner Monument is one of Careston's best, nearby historic monuments to visit in Careston.
Careston History
There are some historic monuments around Careston:
- Netherton, enclosure 150m SSE of Prehistoric domestic and defensive: enclosure (domestic or defensive) SM6529
- Restenneth Priory Ecclesiastical: priory SM90246
- Rob's Reed, homestead 485m ESE of Home Farm Prehistoric domestic and defensive: homestead SM2869
- Aberlemno churchyard, cross slab Crosses and carved stones: cross slab SM90003
- White Caterthun,houses,cairns and fields 800m W of Prehistoric domestic and defensive: field or field system SM4571
- Pitmuies Mill Farm,ring ditch 250m NW of Prehistoric domestic and defensive: house SM6091
- Gallows Hillock,burial mound 350m WNW of Parkhill Prehistoric ritual and funerary: mound (ritual or funerary) SM4755
- Pitmuies Cottages,ring ditches SW of Prehistoric domestic and defensive: house SM6087
- Shandford,souterrain 700m ESE of Prehistoric domestic and defensive: souterrain, earth-house SM6410
- Wellford,enclosure 350m W of Prehistoric domestic and defensive: enclosure (domestic or defensive) SM6390
- 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
- Castle Hillock,motte Secular: motte SM137
- Finavon, fort NE of Hill of Finavon Prehistoric domestic and defensive: fort (includes hill and promontory fort) SM139
- Tullo Hill,cairns Prehistoric ritual and funerary: cairn (type uncertain) SM6407
- Guthrie Hill,cairn Prehistoric ritual and funerary: cairn (type uncertain) SM5935
- Milton of Guthrie, cursus NE of Prehistoric ritual and funerary: cursus/bank barrow SM6282
- Balnamoon, souterrain 300m NNW of Meadowburn Prehistoric domestic and defensive: souterrain, earth-house SM6513
- Balbinny,enclosure 400m E of Prehistoric domestic and defensive: enclosure (domestic or defensive) SM6357
- Edzell Castle Secular: castle SM90136
- Pitmuies, cross slab 15m WSW of North Lodge Crosses and carved stones: cross slab SM153
- Belliehill, unenclosed settlement 350m NE of Prehistoric domestic and defensive: settlement SM6514
- East Mains of Whitewell,barrow and pits 200m NNW of Prehistoric ritual and funerary: barrow SM6372
- Law of Windsor,cairn E of Hilton of Fern Prehistoric ritual and funerary: cairn (type uncertain) SM3375
- 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
- Damside Cottages,pit circle and pit alignments 200m SSE of Prehistoric domestic and defensive: posthole setting SM5998
- Shandford,souterrains 400m SE of Prehistoric domestic and defensive: souterrain, earth-house SM6409
- Balgavies Castle Secular: castle SM5448
- Balquharn, souterrains 400m and 600m W of Shandford Prehistoric domestic and defensive: souterrain, earth-house SM6403
- Middle Drums,ring ditches 50m NE of Prehistoric domestic and defensive: house SM6359
- Vayne, standing stone Prehistoric ritual and funerary: standing stone SM135
- 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
- Guthrie Collegiate Aisle, Guthrie parish church Ecclesiastical: collegiate church SM8965
- Beattie's Cairn,cairn 1200m WNW of Balhall Lodge Prehistoric ritual and funerary: cairn (type uncertain) SM6360
- Mains of Careston, barrows 100m E of Prehistoric ritual and funerary: barrow SM6391
- Myreside,henge,enclosure and barrows NW of Prehistoric domestic and defensive: enclosure (domestic or defensive); Prehistoric ritual and funerary: henge SM5934
- Craigend of Careston, enclosure 600m NE of Prehistoric domestic and defensive: enclosure (domestic or defensive) SM6647
- Hill of Menmuir,fields and cairns 900m ESE of Rome Prehistoric domestic and defensive: field or field system; Secular: field system SM4464
- Brechin Cathedral Round Tower Ecclesiastical: tower SM90041
- Brechin,Maison Dieu Chapel Ecclesiastical: chapel SM90040
- East Mains of Pitmuies,ring ditch 250m WNW of Prehistoric domestic and defensive: house SM6088
- Netherton, settlement 400m SSW of Prehistoric domestic and defensive: settlement SM6530
- Netherton, settlement 500m S of Prehistoric domestic and defensive: settlement SM6531
- Westerton,standing stone 120m W of Prehistoric ritual and funerary: standing stone SM4585
- 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
- Noronbank,timber hall 80m SE of Prehistoric domestic and defensive: hall SM4103
- Mill of Balrownie,ring ditch 200m SE of Prehistoric domestic and defensive: house SM6472
- Broomknowe,enclosure 200m W of Prehistoric domestic and defensive: enclosure (domestic or defensive) SM6358
- Bridgend,cairn 180m SSW of Bridge of Lethnot Prehistoric ritual and funerary: cairn (type uncertain) SM4416
- Killievair Stone, standing stone, Barrelwell Smithy Prehistoric ritual and funerary: standing stone SM123
- Shandford,souterrain 700m E of Prehistoric domestic and defensive: souterrain, earth-house SM6408
- Damside Cottages,settlement 400m E of Prehistoric domestic and defensive: settlement SM6090
- Mains of Edzell, enclosure 170m NNW of Prehistoric domestic and defensive: enclosure (domestic or defensive) SM6573
- Balhall Lodge, hut circle and field system 1100m NNE of Prehistoric domestic and defensive: hut circle, roundhouse; Secular: enclosure SM8506
- Blackgate Smithy,stone circle Prehistoric ritual and funerary: stone circle or ring SM149
- Edzell Old Church and Lindsay Burial Aisle, 465m SSW of Edzell Castle Ecclesiastical: burial ground, cemetery, graveyard SM13613
- Damside Cottages,souterrain 250m E of Prehistoric domestic and defensive: souterrain, earth-house SM6089
- Finavon Castle Secular: castle SM2464
- Aberlemno, cross slab and symbol stones, NE of Village Hall Crosses and carved stones: cross slab SM90004
- Broomfield,enclosure 200m ESE of Prehistoric domestic and defensive: enclosure (domestic or defensive) SM6365
- Flemington Tower,Aberlemno Secular: tower SM5447
- The Caterthuns, hillforts Prehistoric domestic and defensive: fort (includes hill and promontory fort) SM90069
- Vayne Castle, castle 290m SSW of Vayne Secular: castle SM4015
- Friock Mains, pit alignment 270m WNW of Prehistoric ritual and funerary: pit alignment (ritual or funerary) SM6092
- Mansworn Rig,house,fields and cairns 450m E of Tullo Hill Prehistoric domestic and defensive: field or field system SM4465
- Barnyards,enclosure 100m NW of Prehistoric domestic and defensive: enclosure (domestic or defensive) SM6355
