Other places · Central Scotland
Auchterhouse
In or near Newtyle.
Auchterhouse in Scotland Islands, United Kingdom.
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Plan your visit
- Typical visit
- 1 h–2 h
- Nearest railway station
- Invergowrie · 7.9 km
Getting there & planning your visit
To visit Auchterhouse in the Scottish Highlands, the nearest railway station is Invergowrie, which is 7.9 km away. The postcode for sat-nav is DD3 0QN. Entry information is not provided, so please check ahead for details on accessibility.
About
Auchterhouse is a place of interest in Scotland Islands, United Kingdom — drawn from open-data sources for visitor reference. See the linked Wikipedia article for the full description.
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From the Wikipedia article
Auchterhouse (Scots pronunciation: [ˈɑːxtərhus]; Scottish Gaelic: Uachdaras) is a village, community, and civil parish in the Scottish council area of Angus, located 7.3 miles (11.7 km) north west of Dundee, 9.5 miles (15.3 km) south east of Alyth and 14.9 miles (24.0 km) south west of Forfar. It lies on the southern edge of the Sidlaw Hills, below Auchterhouse Hill, 1,398 feet (426 m) high. The parish, which is coterminous with the community, had a population of 520 in 2001. The village, formerly known as Milltown of Auchterhouse, straddles the B954 Muirhead to Newtyle road. About 1.0 mile (1.6 km) east lies the larger village of Kirkton of Auchterhouse, where the church and school are located. Singer Billy MacKenzie lived in the village from 1991 until his death in 1997. Kirkton, in Auchterhouse, was the subject of the painting 'Sidlaw Village, Winter' by James MacIntosh Patrick.
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Background
History
The earliest human settlement discovered around Auchterhouse dates from 3500 to 1000 BC, in the form of stone and bronze tools used by the first farmers to clear woodland. Wheat and barley were grown, and cattle and sheep kept, while a decorated sandstone spindle whorl found at Bonnyton, north of the village, and now kept at the McManus Galleries in Dundee, indicates that wool was spun into thread. A possible henge in Dronley Wood has been revealed by aerial photography, and a stone circle at Templelands was destroyed during railway construction in the 19th century. A stone cairn on West Mains Hill, excavated in 1897, was found to conceal a double burial cist, typical of the period around…
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- Coordinates
- 56.5250, -3.0870
- District
- Angus
- Postcode
- DD3 0QN
- Parliamentary constituency
- Angus and Perthshire Glens
- Nearest railway station
- Invergowrie — 7.9 km
Sources
- wikidata: Q4819471 (CC0)
- wikipedia: Auchterhouse (CC BY-SA 4.0)
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📷 5Frequently asked questions
- Where is Auchterhouse?
- Auchterhouse is in the Scottish Highlands, United Kingdom (postcode DD3 0QN).
- What is Auchterhouse?
- Auchterhouse in Scotland Islands, United Kingdom.
- How do I get to Auchterhouse?
- The nearest railway station is Invergowrie, about 7.9 km away. Drivers can use postcode DD3 0QN.
- How do I get to Auchterhouse?
- The nearest railway station is Invergowrie, about 7.9 km away. Drivers can navigate to postcode DD3 0QN.