Auchterhouse is a village, community, and civil parish in the Scottish council area of Angus, located 7.
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10 Facts About Auchterhouse
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Kirkton, in Auchterhouse, was the subject of the painting 'Sidlaw Village, Winter' by James MacIntosh Patrick.
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An Iron Age hillfort on Auchterhouse Hill occupies a naturally defensible position, and is protected to the east and south east by a set of five ramparts and ditches.
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Auchterhouse held the title Lord Auchterhouse, and was the uncle of King James III.
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Plans were drawn up for the creation of a 30-bed hospital, and a site at Auchterhouse Park was gifted by David Ogilvy, the Earl of Airlie.
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Auchterhouse stands below the southern slopes of the Sidlaw Hills.
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The Auchterhouse Burn flows south to join the Dronley Burn, which continues across the south of the community, joining the Dighty Water on the southern boundary of Auchterhouse.
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The route was diverted through Dronley, avoiding the Balbeuchley incline, in 1860, resulting in Auchterhouse station being resited and a new Dronley station provided.
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Auchterhouse was the minister at nearby Tealing, where his preaching drew a large congregation.
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Auchterhouse was suspended by the church in 1728, and formed a breakaway church in Dundee.
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