Auchindoun

Auchindoun is a locality in Moray, Scotland. Auchindoun is situated nearby to the village Kirktown of Mortlach, as well as near the locality Glen Rinnes.

Places of Interest

Highlights include Stephen Cottage Hospital and Mortlach Parish Church.

Stephen Cottage Hospital

Hospital

Photo: Anne Burgess, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Stephen Hospital is a cottage hospital in Dufftown, Moray, Scotland. It is managed by NHS Grampian. Stephen Cottage Hospital is situated 2½ miles west of Auchindoun.

Mortlach Parish Church

Church

Photo: Christopher Gillan, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Mortlach Parish Church is a church within the Church of Scotland serving the parish of Mortlach, in Moray, close to the village of Dufftown. The site of the church has long been associated with Christianity, going back perhaps as far as 566 when St Moluag is said to have founded a religious community there. Mortlach Parish Church is situated 2½ miles west of Auchindoun.

Mortlach distillery

Distillery

Photo: Christopher Gillan, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Mortlach distillery is a Speyside single malt Scotch whisky distillery in Dufftown, Moray, Scotland. Founded in 1823, the distillery is owned by Diageo. Mortlach distillery is situated 2 miles west of Auchindoun.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Dufftown and Glass.

Dufftown

Photo: Karora, Public domain.

Dufftown is a village in Moray in northeast Scotland, with a population in 2022 of 1500. Together with the villages of Craigellachie and Rothes to the north, it has a formidable collection of whisky distilleries, and many can be toured.

Glass

Village

Glass is a parish about 8 miles west of Huntly, Aberdeenshire, Scotland. It is now wholly located in Aberdeenshire but before the reorganisation of Scottish county boundaries in 1891 it was partly in Banffshire. Glass is situated 4 miles east of Auchindoun.

Maggieknockater

Hamlet

Photo: Anne Burgess, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Maggieknockater is a hamlet on the A95 road between Craigellachie and Mulben in Scotland in the Moray council area, in the county of Banffshire. Until the early 1970s there was a large apiary which was well known in the region and has lived on in the Scottish country dance "The Bees of Maggieknockater". Maggieknockater is situated 5 miles northwest of Auchindoun.

Auchindoun

Type: Locality
Also known as: “Milltown of Auchindoun”
Location: Moray, Scotland, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude

57.43333° or 57° 26′ north

Longitude

-3.06667° or 3° 4′ west

Elevation

801 feet (244 metres)

Open location code

9C9RCWMM+88

GeoNames ID

2642488

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