Dufftown

Dufftown is a burgh in , Scotland. While the town is part of the historic Mortlach parish, the town was established and laid out in the early 19th century as part of a planned new town settlement.
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Wikipedia
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  • Type: Town with 1,580 residents
  • Description: town (burgh) in Moray, Scotland, UK
  • Also known as: “Baile Bhainidh”, “Baile nan Dubhach”, “Mòrthlach”, and “Mortlach”

Places of Interest

Highlights include Dufftown Clock Tower and Stephen Cottage Hospital.

Monument
is a stone tower with a clock at the crossroads in the centre of Dufftown, , at the focal point of the town square. It became a Class B listed building in 1972.

Hospital
Photo: Anne Burgess, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Stephen Hospital is a cottage hospital in Dufftown, , Scotland. It is managed by NHS Grampian.

Church
Photo: Christopher Gillan, CC BY-SA 2.0.
is a church within the Church of Scotland serving the parish of Mortlach, in , 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.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Maggieknockater and Craigellachie.

Hamlet
Photo: Anne Burgess, CC BY-SA 2.0.
is a hamlet on the A95 road between Craigellachie and Mulben in Scotland in the council area, in the county of . 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". is situated 3½ miles north of Dufftown.

Village
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is a small village in , Scotland, at the confluence of the River Spey and , in walking distance of the town of . is situated 4 miles northwest of Dufftown.

Dufftown

Latitude
57.4449° or 57° 26′ 42″ north
Longitude
-3.12835° or 3° 7′ 42″ west
Population
1,580
Elevation
614 feet (187 metres)
United Nations Location Code
GB DMY
Open location code
9C9RCVVC+XM
Open­Street­Map ID
node 26509871
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­town
Geo­Names ID
2650833
Wiki­data ID
Q1012028
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In Other Languages

From Asturian to Welsh—“Dufftown” goes by many names.
  • Asturian: “Dufftown”
  • Basque: “Dufftown”
  • Breton: “Baile nan Dubhach”
  • Catalan: “Dufftown”
  • Cebuano: “Dufftown”
  • Chinese: “杜夫敦”
  • Cornish: “Baile nan Dubhach”
  • Czech: “Baile Bhainidh”
  • Czech: “Dufftown”
  • Danish: “Dufftown”
  • Dutch: “Dufftown”
  • French: “Dufftown”
  • German: “Dufftown”
  • Hebrew: “דאפטאון”
  • Hindi: “डफटाउन”
  • Irish: “Baile Bhainidh”
  • Irish: “Baile Bháinidh”
  • Irish: “Baile Bhanaidh”
  • Irish: “Baile Mhanaidh”
  • Irish: “Baile nan Dubhach”
  • Irish: “Mòrthlach”
  • Italian: “Dufftown”
  • Japanese: “ダフタウン”
  • Manx: “Baile nan Dubhach”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Dufftown”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “Dufftown”
  • Norwegian: “Dufftown”
  • Persian: “دافتاون”
  • Polish: “Dufftown”
  • Russian: “Дафтаун”
  • Scots: “Dufftoun”
  • Scottish Gaelic: “Baile Bhainidh”
  • Scottish Gaelic: “Baile Bhanaidh”
  • Scottish Gaelic: “Baile Mhanaidh”
  • Scottish Gaelic: “Baile nan Dubhach”
  • Scottish Gaelic: “Mòrthlach”
  • Slovak: “Dufftown”
  • Slovenian: “Dufftown”
  • Spanish: “Dufftown”
  • Swedish: “Dufftown”
  • Turkish: “Dufftown”
  • Welsh: “Baile nan Dubhach”
  • Welsh: “Dufftown”
  • “Baile nan Dubhach”
  • “Dufftown”
  • “Dufftown - Baile nan Dubhach”

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