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Category B listed · Historic Environment Scotland
Listed 1971
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LB31556
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Category B listed building · Historic Environment Scotland

Burgh Cross, Castlehill

Listed Category B since 197155 years · Category B is the next 50% of Scotland’s listed buildings
MMemorialsCAForfar conservation area1971Listed
DirectionsOfficial list entry ↗
About

About Burgh Cross, Castlehill

Burgh Cross, Castlehill is one of 40 Category B listed buildings in Forfar and about 23,187 in Scotland. It was among the first 91 buildings in Forfar to be listed, on 11 June 1971. It stands in the Forfar conservation area. Within 400 metres are 1 more Category A building and 99 other listed buildings.

HESRead the official list entryHistoric Environment Scotland’s description of the building, its history and why it is listed · List entry LB31556↗

Category B is for particularly important buildings of regional importance, about 50% of all listed buildings in Scotland. Listing protects the whole building, inside and out: changes need listed building consent from the council.

Visit

Make it a walk: 5 listed buildings in about 15 minutes

Forfar · about 0.4 miles on foot, as the crow flies

DirectionsWalk the tour in Google Maps
  1. 1Burgh Cross, CastlehillStart here
  2. 2Castle Street, 2 K6 Telephone KiosksCategory B · 0.1 mi on
  3. 323 Osnaburg Street, Osnaburg Bar with J.B. Dawes and Unionist Committee Rooms Building on Chapel StreetCategory B · 0.1 mi on
  4. 47 (8) Little CausewayCategory B · 0.1 mi on
  5. 5St. James's Church of Scotland. St. James's RoadCategory B · 0.2 mi on
Farther afield
11, 13 West High Street and 27 Little CausewayCategory B0.2mi3 Little CausewayCategory B0.2mi74-82 East High StreetCategory B0.2mi4 Little CausewayCategory B0.2mi13 Couttie's Wynd Including Garden WallsCategory B0.2mi100, 102 East High StreetCategory B0.2mi
Around it

11 more listed buildings within 150 metres

Category A and B ones open their own page; Category C ones open the official list entry.

C2, 4, 6 Manor Street76 mCClydesdale Bank Buildings Castle Street81 mC10 Manor Street Old Parish Kirk Manse, Now Manor Guest House98 mB28-36 Castle Street106 mC75 Castle Street Eastern House Including Garden Walls109 mC24, 26 Castle Street119 mC35-39 Castle Street122 mB76 Castle Street Western House Including Garden Walls125 mBCastle Street, 2 K6 Telephone Kiosks140 mC16-22 Castle Street140 mAMunicipal Buildings Castle Street148 m
More like it

Category A and B memorials near Forfar

Within 25 miles, with a photo.

Maule Street, War MemorialMonifieth · 12 mi away
Law Hill War MemorialDundee · 13 mi away
Albert Square, Statue of James CarmichaelDundee · 13 mi away
Albert Square, Statue of Queen VictoriaDundee · 13 mi away
Albert Square, Statue of George KinlochDundee · 13 mi away
Albert Square, Statue of Robert BurnsDundee · 13 mi away
Nethergate, Mercat CrossDundee · 13 mi away
Riverside Drive, Discovery Quay, Alexandra FountainDundee · 13 mi away

Questions about Burgh Cross, Castlehill

Is Burgh Cross, Castlehill listed?

Yes. Burgh Cross, Castlehill is listed Category B on Historic Environment Scotland’s designations (list entry LB31556), first listed on 11 June 1971.

Can you visit Burgh Cross, Castlehill?

It can be seen from the street; whether you can go inside depends on its owner.

Is Burgh Cross, Castlehill in a conservation area?

Yes, the Forfar conservation area.

Listed buildings: Historic Environment Scotland, Open Government Licence v3.0. Check an entry on Historic Environment Scotland’s portal before relying on it. Photos: Wikimedia Commons and Geograph, credited above, copied to our own server. Map tiles © OpenStreetMap contributors.

Sources: Historic Environment Scotland designations (listed buildings, scheduled monuments, gardens and designed landscapes, battlefields, World Heritage Sites), October 2026, inside the NRS 2022 locality boundary · Historic Environment Scotland conservation areas (compiled from councils; October 2026). All under the Open Government Licence v3.0.

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