Kirktown of Mortlach

Places of Interest

Mortlach Parish Church

Church

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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.

Dufftown distillery

Distillery

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Dufftown distillery is a Scotch whisky distillery in Dufftown, Moray, Scotland. Founded in 1895 as "Dufftown-Glenlivet Distillery", the distillery is currently owned by Diageo.

Stephen Cottage Hospital

Hospital

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Stephen Hospital is a cottage hospital in Dufftown, Moray, Scotland. It is managed by NHS Grampian.

Places in the Area

Dufftown

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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.

Maggieknockater

Hamlet

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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 4 miles north of Kirktown of Mortlach.

Craigellachie

Village

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Craigellachie is a small village in Moray, Scotland, at the confluence of the River Spey and River Fiddich, in walking distance of the town of Aberlour. Craigellachie is situated 4½ miles northwest of Kirktown of Mortlach.

Kirktown of Mortlach

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