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Auchindoun Castle

Auchindoun Castle is a 15th-century L-Plan tower castle located in Auchindoun near in , .
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  • Type: Castle
  • Description: 15th-century tower castle in Scotland
  • Also known as: “Auchindown Castle”

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Mortlach Parish Church and Stephen Cottage Hospital.

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 . 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. is situated 2 miles northwest of Auchindoun Castle.

Hospital
Photo: Anne Burgess, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Stephen Hospital is a cottage hospital in , , Scotland. It is managed by NHS Grampian. is situated 2 miles northwest of Auchindoun Castle.

Distillery
Photo: Andrew Wood, CC BY-SA 2.0.
is a Scotch whisky distillery in , , . Founded in 1895 as "Dufftown-Glenlivet Distillery", the distillery is currently owned by Diageo. is situated 2 miles northwest of Auchindoun Castle.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Dufftown and Glass.

Town
Photo: Karora, Public domain.
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. is situated 2 miles northwest of Auchindoun Castle.

Village
is a parish about 8 miles west of , , Scotland. It is now wholly located in Aberdeenshire but before the reorganisation of Scottish county boundaries in 1891 it was partly in Banffshire. is situated 5 miles east of Auchindoun Castle.

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 6 miles north of Auchindoun Castle.

Auchindoun Castle

Latitude
57.4228° or 57° 25′ 22″ north
Longitude
-3.08571° or 3° 5′ 9″ west
Elevation
1,010 feet (308 metres)
Open location code
9C9RCWF7+4P
Open­Street­Map ID
way 246535497
Open­Street­Map feature
building=­yes
Open­Street­Map feature
historic=­castle
Geo­Names ID
2656819
Wiki­data ID
Q2695922
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In Other Languages

From Dutch to Portuguese—“Auchindoun Castle” goes by many names.

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