Woodhill, Angus

Human settlement in Scotland

Angus

Angus

CountryScotlandSovereign stateUnited KingdomPost townCARNOUSTIEPostcode districtDD7Dialling code01241PoliceScotlandFire Scottish AmbulanceScottish

List of places: UK; Scotland

56°30′00″N 2°47′04″W / 56.500095°N 2.784565°W / 56.500095; -2.784565

Woodhill is a settlement in Angus, Scotland. It lies at a central point between Carnoustie and Monifieth on the east on an unclassified road linking the A92 and A930 roads.^[1] Woodhill House was erected in 1604 by William Auchinleck, who later became Provost of Dundee.^[2] It was demolished and rebuilt in 1908.^[3]

The area has been occupied since the Neolithic period, as evidenced by a Cursus monument, identified from cropmarks, as well as Bronze Age short cist burials that are found periodically.^[4]

Agricultural land between Woodhill and Grange of Barry, looking towards Laws Hill

References

^ "Dundee and Montrose, Forfar and Arbroath", Ordnance Survey Landranger Map (B2 ed.), 2007, ISBN 0-319-22980-7
^ Dickson, R.; Dickson, G.C. (2002) [1892], Carnoustie and its Neighbourhood, Pinkfoot Press, Balgavies, Angus
^ "Barry, Woodhill House", Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments of Scotland: Canmore Database, retrieved 24 October 2010
^ "Re: the monument known as Woodhill, cursus 100m NW of in the Parish of Barry and County of Angus", Historic Scotland, 1996, retrieved 6 February 2009