What is recorded here
Sixteen Castle Street in Forfar is a 19th Century building that operated as a shop, anchoring the commercial life of Angus during a century of change. The exact address marks a working room where goods moved and people gathered, even if the particular transactions have faded from memory. Its survival is not a claim that the building is complete or unaltered, but a recognition that the site still belongs to the town's layered history.
Scotland's National Record of the Historic Environment records Forfar, 16 Castle Street as Building (19th Century), Shop (19th Century). The official map says its point is accurate as follows: NGR given to the nearest 1m. The record does not by itself mean that the public may enter the place.
The historic-place record does not grant public access. Check current conditions and ownership before entering land or a building.
Places near here
Forfar, Castle Street, Municipal BuildingsMunicipal Building(s) (19th Century) · 30 yd
Forfar, Castle Street, K6 Telephone KiosksTelephone Box (20th Century) · 41 yd
Forfar, the Cross, British Linen BankBank (financial) (period Unassigned) · 58 yd
Forfar, 6, 7 the Cross, Royal Bank of ScotlandBank (financial) (period Unassigned) · 66 yd
Meffan Institute Museum & GalleryMuseum · 115 yd
Forfar, Castle HillCastle (medieval) · 160 yd
Forfar, Green StreetNo Class (event) (period Unassigned) · 233 yd
Carseburn Road, ForfarNo Class (event) (period Unassigned) · 497 yd
Forfar, Monument to Sir Robert Peel, Forfar CemeteryCommemorative Monument (19th Century) · 552 yd
Peter Reid StatueMemorial · 735 yd
Balmashanner HillViewpoint · 1383 yd
Gallows TreeBroadleaf Tree, exact kind not recorded · 1515 yd