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Dundee and Newtyle Railway embankment north of Baldragon is a section of railway infrastructure surviving from the early nineteenth-century expansion of transport links in eastern Scotland. The embankment runs across Angus, constructed to carry the railway on a level course across the undulating…

West Mains is a cairn situated 700 metres north-north-east of West Mains in Angus, Scotland. The monument stands upon bedrock formed during the Early Devonian period, comprising an unnamed mafic igneous intrusion of Late Silurian to Early Devonian origin. This geological foundation of dark, dense…

Dron Chapel is a scheduled monument located in Perthshire, Scotland, protected by Historic Environment Scotland under reference SM5592. The chapel stands on bedrock formed from a Late Silurian to Early Devonian mafic igneous intrusion, a dark volcanic rock that underlies this part of central Scot…

Esky Loch barrows is a Bronze Age cemetery located in Fife, Scotland, comprising multiple burial mounds positioned 400 metres east of Esky Loch. The site sits upon Silurian to Devonian extrusive rocks, specifically mafic lava and mafic tuff formed during the Devonian period, which would have crea…

Broughty Castle is a 15th-century artillery fortress located at Broughty Ferry on the Firth of Tay in Angus, Scotland. Built in 1454 by the Earl of Angus, the castle represents an important early example of Scottish military architecture adapted for cannon defence, with its distinctive pentagonal…

Dron Hill Fort is an Iron Age fort situated in Perthshire, Scotland. The stronghold was constructed upon bedrock of mafic igneous origin, formed during the Early Devonian period as part of an unnamed intrusion. This geological foundation of hard, dark volcanic material would have provided a natur…