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Newtyle railway station
Newtyle railway station served the village of Newtyle, Angus, Scotland from 1866 to 1955 on the Dundee and Newtyle Railway.
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Newtyle
Newtyle is a village in the west of Angus, Scotland.
It lies eleven miles (eighteen kilometres) north of Dundee in the southwest of Strathmore, between Hatton Hill and Newtyle (Heather Hill) in the Sidlaws. The village sits on gently sloping ground with a northwest aspect. The main communication link is the B954 road. The population was about 800 as of 2004.
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Newtyle railway station (old)
Newtyle railway station served the village of Newtyle, Angus, Scotland from 1832 to 1866 on the Dundee and Newtyle Railway.
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Hatton Castle, Angus
Hatton Castle stands on the lower part of Hatton Hill, the most easterly of the Sidlaw Hills, to the south of Newtyle in Angus, Scotland. The castle overlooks the wooded Den of Newtyle, and its views extend across Strathmore and include Ben Lawers and Schiehallion as well as the Angus and Glenshee hills. The 16th-century castle was originally built in a typical Scottish "Z plan" tower house design, as a fortified country house or château. There was an earlier castle called Balcraig Castle which stood less than half a mile from the present building, also on Hatton Hill. The building has been designated as a Category B listed building since 11 June 1971.
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Balcraig Castle
Balcraig Castle was built on lands given to the Oliphants by King Robert the Bruce circa 1317.