Dunnichen
Dunnichen is a small village in Angus, Scotland, situated between Letham and Forfar.
Dunnichen is a small village in Angus, Scotland, situated between Letham and Forfar. It is close to Dunnichen Hill, at which the Battle of Dun Nechtain is popularly believed to have been fought. The church is part of the parish of Letham, Dunnichen and Kirkden.
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Worth seeing in and around Dunnichen
3 places within 25 km that the world writes about, in the order of how widely: the ones a visitor has heard of first, then the ones only a local would name.
- 01Rescobie Loch
Rescobie Loch is a post glacial fresh water body located in the parish of Rescobie, 4 km to the East of Forfar, in the county of Angus, Scotland. The loch is fed by Lunan Water which enters from the West and exits to the East.
3 km · lake in Angus, Scotland, UK · Wikipedia - 02Loch Fithie
Loch Fithie is a small, lowland freshwater loch lying approximately 2 miles east of Forfar, Scotland. It is approximately 800 m in length.
3.1 km · lake in Angus, Scotland, UK · Wikipedia - 03Restenneth Priory
Restenneth Priory was a monastic house of Augustinian canons founded by Jedburgh Abbey, with the patronage of King Malcolm IV of Scotland, in 1153. Although there is little literary evidence, archaeological evidence strongly indicates that there was a monastery at Restenneth from very early times.
3.7 km · monastery in Angus, Scotland, UK · Wikipedia
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Getting to Dunnichen
- Airports
- Aberdeen (ABZ), 74 km · Edinburgh (EDI), 83 km · Glasgow (GLA), 131 km
- Stations
- Auldbar Road railway station, 3.6 km
- Aberdeen → Dunnichen71 km · quickest by road, 1h 39m · £8–11
- Ingliston, Edinburgh → Dunnichen84 km · quickest by road, 2h 14m · £11–15
- Glasgow → Dunnichen124 km · quickest by road, 2h 24m · £14–19
- Plan a tripFrom anywhereThe planner compares every way there from wherever you are.
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No local-transport research exists yet for Dunnichen
Our researched notes are written from a sourced entry: every shared taxi, boat and village bus with its operator, its rule, its fare and the year we saw it, and what could not be confirmed. Nobody has done that work for Dunnichen. What is above is what we hold from open sources; nothing here pretends to be more.
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Next door to Dunnichen
- Lethamvillage in Angus, Scotland, UK2.1 km
- Craichievillage in Angus, Scotland, UK1.6 km
- Caldhamevillage in Angus, Scotland, UK3.7 km
- Bowriefauldvillage in Angus, Scotland, UK1 km
- Kingsmuirvillage in Angus, Scotland, UK2.9 km