Ballindalloch Castle

Ballindalloch Castle, known as the "pearl of the north", is a Scottish castle located in Ballindalloch, Banffshire, Scotland. It has been the family home of Macpherson-Grants since 1546.

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Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Cragganmore distillery and Tormore distillery.

Cragganmore distillery

Distillery

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Cragganmore distillery is a Scotch whisky distillery situated in the village of Ballindalloch in Banffshire, Scotland. Cragganmore distillery is situated 1¼ miles northwest of Ballindalloch Castle.

Tormore distillery

Distillery

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Tormore distillery is a Speyside single malt Scotch whisky distillery located approximately 1 km south of the River Spey. Its water source is the Allt an Torra Mhoir Burn. It is currently not open to the public… Tormore distillery is situated 1½ miles west of Ballindalloch Castle.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Advie and Glenlivet.

Advie

Village

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Advie is a small village in Strathspey, in the Highland Council Area of Scotland. It lies to the south of the River Spey, and next to the A95 road, roughly halfway between Grantown-on-Spey and Aberlour. Advie is situated 3½ miles west of Ballindalloch Castle.

Glenlivet

Village

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Glenlivet is a glen in the Highlands of Scotland through which the River Livet flows. The river rises high in the Ladder Hills and flows past several distilleries and hamlets and then onto the Bridgend before joining the River Avon, one of the main tributaries of the River Spey. Glenlivet is situated 3½ miles south of Ballindalloch Castle.

Ballindalloch Castle

Type: Building
Description: castle in Moray, Scotland, UK
Category: castle
Location: Moray, Scotland, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude

57.4° or 57° 24′ north

Longitude

-3.36667° or 3° 22′ west

Elevation

607 feet (185 metres)

Open location code

9C9RCJ2M+28

GeoNames ID

2656556

Wikidata ID

Q1965099

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In Other Languages

From Basque to Uzbek—“Ballindalloch Castle” goes by many names.

Basque: “Ballindalloch gaztelua”
Czech: “Ballindalloch”
Czech: “Hrad Ballindalloch”
Dutch: “Ballindalloch Castle”
French: “château de Ballindalloch”
French: “Château de Ballindalloch”
German: “Ballindalloch Castle”
Hausa: “Gidan sarauta na Ballindalloch”
Italian: “Ballindalloch Castle”
Italian: “castello di Ballindalloch”
Italian: “Castello di Ballindalloch”
Portuguese: “Castelo Ballindalloch”
Russian: “Замок Баллиндаллох”
Spanish: “Ballindalloch Castle”
Turkish: “Ballindalloch Kalesi”
Ukrainian: “Замок Балліндаллох”
Uzbek: “Billiandaloh qal’asi”

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