Portknockie
Portknockie is a coastal village on the Moray Firth within Moray, Scotland. The village's name is written as Portknockies in the Old Parish Registers. This would suggest that the port's name referred to not one, but two rocky hills at the hythe - the Port Hill and the Greencastle.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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Places of Interest
Highlights include Bow Fiddle Rock and Seafield Street Viaduct.
Bow Fiddle Rock
Islet
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Bow Fiddle Rock is a natural sea arch near Portknockie on the north-eastern coast of Scotland. It is so called because it resembles the tip of a fiddle bow.
Seafield Street Viaduct
Bridge
Photo: Sarah Charlesworth, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Seafield Street Viaduct is a bridge, which is situated 1½ miles southeast of Portknockie.
Strathlene Golf Course
Golf course
Strathlene at Findochty, near Buckie, is one of the oldest golf courses in Scotland. It was established in 1877 and is home to Strathlene Buckie Golf Club. Strathlene Golf Course is situated 2½ miles west of Portknockie.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Cullen and Findochty.
Cullen
Town
Photo: Clydecoast, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Cullen is a village and former royal burgh in Moray but historically in Banffshire, Scotland, on the North Sea coast. The village had a population of 1,327 in 2001. Cullen is situated 1½ miles southeast of Portknockie.
Findochty
Village
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Findochty is a village in Moray, Scotland, on the shores of the Moray Firth; historically it was part of Banffshire. Findochty is situated 1½ miles west of Portknockie.
Lintmill
Village
Photo: Anne Burgess, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Lintmill is a village, which is situated 2½ miles southeast of Portknockie.
Portknockie
- Type: Village with 1,220 residents
- Description: village in Moray, Scotland, UK
- Categories: small burgh and locality
- Location: Moray, Scotland, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
57.7035° or 57° 42′ 13″ northLongitude
-2.85815° or 2° 51′ 29″ westPopulation
1,220Elevation
138 feet (42 metres)United Nations Location Code
GB PKNOpen location code
9C9VP43R+9POpenStreetMap ID
node 31818334OpenStreetMap feature
place=village
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Basque to Welsh—“Portknockie” goes by many names.
- Basque: “Portknockie”
- Cebuano: “Portknockie”
- Dutch: “Portknockie”
- French: “Portknockie”
- German: “Portknockie”
- Irish: “Port Chnocaidh”
- Italian: “Portknockie”
- Persian: “پورتناکی”
- Scots: “Portnockie”
- Scottish Gaelic: “Port Chnocaidh”
- Scottish Gaelic: “Portknockie”
- Spanish: “Portknockie”
- Swedish: “Portknockie”
- Welsh: “Portknockie”
Localities in the Area
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Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Portknockie Post Office and Portknockie Harbour.
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About Mapcarta. Data © OpenStreetMap contributors and available under the Open Database License". Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikipedia page “Portknockie”. Photo: TheBritinator, CC BY-SA 4.0.