Killen
Killen is a Village in the county of Highland.
Killen postcode: IV9 8RH
There are great places to visit near Killen including some great towns, mountains and lakes.
Towns to visit near Killen include Fort William.
There are a several good mountains in the area around Killen like Ben Nevis (Beinn Nibheis).
The area close to Killen boasts some of the best lakes including Loch Linnhe.
Killen History
There are some historic monuments around Killen:
- Isle View,ring cairn 125m SW of Prehistoric ritual and funerary: ring cairn SM5021
- Cullicudden, church and burial ground Crosses and carved stones: tombstone; Ecclesiastical: burial ground, cemetery, graveyard SM13346
- Belmaduthy,chambered cairn 410m SW of Belmaduthy Farm Prehistoric ritual and funerary: chambered cairn SM4613
- Arkendeith Tower Secular: tower SM5531
- Craigiehowe Wood,enclosed cremation cemetery Prehistoric ritual and funerary: enclosed cremation cemetery SM3082
- Newton of Petty, prehistoric settlement 350m WNW of Prehistoric domestic and defensive: settlement SM11835
- Newhall Point,chapel and burial ground,Balblair Ecclesiastical: burial ground, cemetery, graveyard SM5950
- Wester Brae,hut circles & field system Prehistoric domestic and defensive: field or field system SM4773
- Ord Hill,fort Prehistoric domestic and defensive: fort (includes hill and promontory fort) SM2499
- Allanfearn,barrows 300m WNW of Prehistoric ritual and funerary: barrow SM4993
- Balnaguie, chambered cairn 620m NW of Prehistoric ritual and funerary: chambered cairn SM2313
- Cnoc nan Taibhsean,cairn Prehistoric ritual and funerary: cairn (type uncertain) SM2969
- Upperwood,cairn 165m SSE of Prehistoric ritual and funerary: cairn (type uncertain) SM4711
- Cnoc nan Craiseag,cairn,Mount Eagle Prehistoric ritual and funerary: cairn (type uncertain) SM3130
- Woodhead,chambered cairn 350m E of Prehistoric ritual and funerary: chambered cairn SM4566
- Culnacraigh,hut circle 450m NNW of Prehistoric domestic and defensive: hut circle, roundhouse SM4607
- Callachy Hill,cairn 450m NE of Flowerburn House Prehistoric ritual and funerary: cairn (type uncertain) SM4561
- Grey Cairn,cairn & long cairn Prehistoric ritual and funerary: cairn (type uncertain) SM4672
- Newton of Petty,chambered cairn & stone circle 1000m WSW of Prehistoric ritual and funerary: chambered cairn SM3745
- Lower Cullernie, settlement 415m SSW of Prehistoric domestic and defensive: settlement SM11429
- Fortrose Cathedral Crosses and carved stones: tombstone; Ecclesiastical: cathedral SM90147
- Clach a' Mheirlich, symbol stone Crosses and carved stones: symbol stone; Prehistoric ritual and funerary: standing stone SM1675
- Woodhead,long cairn 600m ESE of Woodhead Farm Prehistoric ritual and funerary: long cairn SM4568
- Creag a Chaisteil,dun Prehistoric domestic and defensive: dun SM4677
- Kilmuir Old Parish Church Ecclesiastical: church; Secular: mausoleum SM5466
- Coul Point, crannog 750m S of (formerly Carn Dubh) Prehistoric domestic and defensive: crannog SM3105
- St Duthac's Church, Easter Suddie Ecclesiastical: church SM5571
- Bogallan Wood, cairn 105m SW of The Croft Prehistoric ritual and funerary: cairn (type uncertain) SM3121
- St John's Chapel,Allangrange Ecclesiastical: chapel SM5469
- Craigie Howe,hut circle 360m ENE of The Kennels Prehistoric domestic and defensive: hut circle, roundhouse SM5076
- Lower Cullernie,ring-ditch 750m ESE of Prehistoric ritual and funerary: barrow SM5201
- Wester Brae,long cairn 650m SSE of Prehistoric ritual and funerary: long cairn SM4559
- Blackhill, palisaded enclosure 260m SW of Prehistoric domestic and defensive: palisaded enclosure SM11428
- Balloch of Culloden,enclosure 1050m NNW of Prehistoric domestic and defensive: enclosure (domestic or defensive) SM5008
- Ormond Castle Secular: castle SM4740
- Blackhill, pit circles 300m WNW of Prehistoric domestic and defensive: pit circle SM11427
- Glenurquhart,long cairn 800m NW of Prehistoric ritual and funerary: long cairn SM4671
- Balnaguie, cairn 550m NW of Balnaguie Farm Prehistoric ritual and funerary: cairn (type uncertain) SM5734
- The Temple,chambered cairn 600m NE of Croftcrunie Farm House Prehistoric ritual and funerary: chambered cairn SM4594
- Easter Brae,long cairn & cairn Prehistoric ritual and funerary: cairn (type uncertain) SM2457
- James's Temple,dun 400m N of Culnacraigh Prehistoric domestic and defensive: dun SM4562
- Craig Castle,tower Secular: tower SM1686