Gordonstoun School is a co-educational private school for boarding and day pupils in Moray, Scotland. Two generations of British royalty have been educated at Gordonstoun, including Prince Philip and his son King Charles III.

Duffus Castle

Grassland

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Duffus Castle, near Elgin, Moray, Scotland, was a motte-and-bailey castle and was in use from c. 1140 to 1705. During its occupation it underwent many alterations. Duffus Castle is situated 1½ miles southeast of Duffus.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Hopeman and Cummingston.

Hopeman

Village

Photo: Craig Williams, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Hopeman is a seaside village in Moray, Scotland, it is situated on the coast of the Moray Firth, founded in 1805 to house and re-employ people displaced during the Highland clearances.

Cummingston

Village

Cummingston is located in Moray on the north-east coast of Scotland. It lies on the B9012, sandwiched between the two fishing villages of Hopeman and Burghead. It was known as "the Collach", possibly from Scottish Gaelic an Coileach meaning "eddy". Cummingston is situated 2½ miles west of Duffus.

Burghead

Village

Photo: Richard Slessor, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Burghead is a small town in Moray, Scotland, about 8 miles north-west of Elgin. The town is mainly built on a peninsula that projects north-westward into the Moray Firth, surrounding it by water on three sides. Burghead is situated 3½ miles west of Duffus.

Duffus

Type: Village
Description: village in Moray, Scotland, UK
Category: locality
Location: Moray, Scotland, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude

57.70098° or 57° 42′ 4″ north

Longitude

-3.39456° or 3° 23′ 40″ west

Elevation

82 feet (25 metres)

Open location code

9C9RPJ24+95

OpenStreetMap ID

node 811441316

OpenStreetMap feature

place=village

GeoNames ID

2650832

Wikidata ID

Q5312382

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In Other Languages

From Basque to Swedish—“Duffus” goes by many names.

Basque: “Duffus”
Dutch: “Duffus”
French: “Duffus”
Igbo: “Duffus”
Irish: “Dubhais, Comhairle Mhoireibh”
Irish: “Dubhais”
Scottish Gaelic: “Dubhais”
Swedish: “Duffus”

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Highlights include Duffus Post Office and Duffus Parish Church.

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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 “Duffus”. Photo: Lyall Duffus, CC BY-SA 2.0.