Balkeerie

Balkeerie
Balkeerie is located in Angus
Balkeerie
Balkeerie
Location within Angus
Population74 
OS grid referenceNO330448
• Edinburgh44 mi (71 km)
Council area
Lieutenancy area
CountryScotland
Sovereign stateUnited Kingdom
Post townFORFAR
Postcode districtDD8
Dialling code01307
PoliceScotland
FireScottish
AmbulanceScottish
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56°35′25″N 3°05′33″W / 56.590307°N 3.092560°W / 56.590307; -3.092560

Balkeerie is a village in Angus, Scotland north of Dundee.[1] It has an elevation of 222 feet (68 m) above sea level. It is one mile (1.6 km) to the north east of kirkinch and two-thirds of a mile (1.1 km) to the west of the village of Eassie. Eassie is noted for the presence of the Eassie Stone, a carved Pictish stone.[2]

  1. ^ "Dundee and Montrose, Forfar and Arbroath", Ordnance Survey Landranger Map (B2 ed.), 2007, ISBN 0-319-22980-7
  2. ^ C.Michael Hogan, Eassie Stone, The Megalithic Portal, ed. Andy Burnham, 7 October 2007