📌 Forfar, Angus
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This old priory on the edge of Forfar mostly dates from the 13th century, but overlies older buildings perhaps going back to the 710AD – when Restenneth was at the centre of the Pictish kingdom of Egglespethir. The “modern” priory housed Augustinian canons and was later a daughter house of Jedburgh Abbey in the Scottish Borders. Its highlight is the intact 14-metre tower, of which the base is the oldest part of the priory to survive.
🌍 Location
📌 Off the B9119 2 mi east of Forfar
🧭 O.S. Grid Reference: NO 482516
🛰️ GPS coordinates: 56.653360,-2.846079
🚌 Extremely infrequent bus to priory. Slightly better services to Gowanbank / Lunanhead (both 1 mi); frequent services to Forfar (1.5 mi)
🚗 Car park
📝 Key info
⌚ Exterior always viewable
🎫 Free
