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Shielhill

Shielhill

General information - Location

Country	Scotland
Part of	United Kingdom
Location in country	North
Location in Europe	West Europe
Coordinates (WGS84)	Long: -2.9371,Lat: 56.7036
Elevation	88 meter above sea level
Local time	11:10:13am
Name province/region (Country)	Scotland
Wiki-website Subregion (Council Area)	Angus
Name	Kirriemuir and Dean

Nearest 5 places

Placename	Distance	Direction
1 Memus	2 km	North
2 Inverquharity	2.3 km	WestNorthWest
3 Burnside	2.4 km	North
4 Newmill of Inshewan	3.7 km	North
5 Murthill	3.7 km	East

Nearest 3 capitals

Capitalname	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Glasgow	Scotland	129 km	SouthWest
2 Douglas	Isle-of-man	301 km	SouthSouthWest
3 Belfast	Northern-ireland	302 km	SouthWest

Characteristics - Physical Geography

The North Sea is the nearest seacoast with a distance of around 26 km (direction South). The nearest bigger lake (reservoir) is Backwater Reservoir (1.5 km² at a distance of 16.9 km in WestNorthWestern direction).

The most nearby international border is the English-Scotish border with a straight distance of 113.9 km in SouthSouthEastern direction. The estimated travel distance is around 159 km.
Elevation around place: low location: 93%, hill: 7%, The hills are mainly southern orientated. The most common land use in the area is agriculture.
Nearby scheduled flights are operated from (national) airport Edinburgh Airport (at a distance of 88 km and direction SouthSouthWest).The closest smaller (subnational) airport is Dundee Airport (at a distance of 29 km in SouthSouthWestern direction).

Landscape - Landuse (within 5km)

Forest

7.5 km2

9.5%

Nature

1.1 km2

1.4%

Agriculture

68.4 km2

87.1%

Urban area

0.5 km2

0.6%

Climate - Temperature and Precipitation

Location of Shielhill in country Scotland

Shielhill at Physical map (height map)

Tourist information - Travel Guide

Nearest 3 UNESCO-sites

Name	Country	Distance	Direction
1 The Forth Bridge	United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland	83 km	SouthSouthWest
2 Old and New Towns of Edinburgh	United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland	86 km	SouthSouthWest
3 New Lanark	United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland	128 km	SouthWest

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Relief: Altitude classes in percent (within 5km)

Relief: slope classes in percent (within 5km)

Current weather at Angus

Type of weather in Angus	light rain
Current temperature:	5 degrees Celcius
Rain last 3 hours :	No precipitation
Wind:	4.19 mtr/sec (windforce - bft 3)
Wind direction:	North East
Air pressure:	997 mb
Humidity:	95 %
Daylength at 7 February 2026:	8 hour and 56 minutes
Sunrise :	08:57 Europe/Amsterdam
Sunset :	17:54 Europe/Amsterdam