Brown and White Caterthuns

  • West of Edzell, Angus

 

Getting here

About 5 miles east of the village of Inchbare off the B966 Brechin to Edzell Road.

There is a parking bay at the foot of the White Caterthun for a few cars.  

Please take into consideration weather conditions before visiting as the monument sits in a remote landscape.

Grid references - NO 555 668 and NO 547 660.

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Opening times

Open year-round.

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Facilities

A celtic cross in front of a small stone house

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Lindsay Burial Aisle
A general view of the tower house at Edzell Castle.

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Edzell Castle and Garden
A solitary wall, all that remains of Maison Dieu

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Maison Dieu Chapel, Brechin
A tall but narrow roundtower reaching into the sky next to a traditional church tower

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Brechin Cathedral Round Tower
Aberlmeno Sculptured Stone with a low stone wall and a grassy plane in the background

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Aberlemno Sculptured Stones
The tall church spire and ruins of Restenneth Priory on a field surrounded by trees

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Restenneth Priory
Interior of a museum with a range of pictish stones on display.

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St Vigeans Stones and Museum
An aerial view of the ruins of Arbroath Abbey.

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Arbroath Abbey
A series of stone walls, partly filled in with soil and covered in grass. Fields in the background.

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Carlungie Earth House
Several stone lined ditches that once used to be the cellar of a round house

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Ardestie Earth House
A photograph of a stone passage, with carvings on some of the stones

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Tealing Earth House
A narrow underground passage made from stones

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Culsh Earth House
The imposing ruin of Auchindoun Castle in front of a dramatic and cloudy sky

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Auchindoun Castle
Several grass covered ramparts circling each other

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Chesters Hill Fort
An aerial shot showing the foundations of a broch surrounded by a network of large ramparts and ditches

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Edin's Hall Broch
The ancient ramparts of a hill fort in the beautiful Pentland hills

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Castlelaw Hill Fort

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