Ben Main

Ben Main is a hill in Moray, Scotland and has an elevation of 1,437 feet. Ben Main is situated nearby to the locality Auchindoun, as well as near the village Kirktown of Mortlach.

Places of Interest

Highlights include Auchindoun Castle.

Auchindoun Castle

Castle

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Auchindoun Castle is a 15th-century L-Plan tower castle located in Auchindoun near Dufftown in Moray, Scotland.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Dufftown and Glass.

Dufftown is a burgh in Moray, 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. Dufftown is situated 3 miles northwest of Ben Main.

Glass

Village

Glass is a parish about 8 miles west of Huntly, Aberdeenshire, Scotland. It is now wholly located in Aberdeenshire but before the reorganisation of Scottish county boundaries in 1891 it was partly in Banffshire. Glass is situated 5 miles northeast of Ben Main.

Cabrach

Village

Photo: Andrew Wood, CC BY-SA 2.0.

The Cabrach is an estate and largely depopulated rural community in Moray, Scotland. The meaning of the name has been much disputed. Traditionally it is held to mean "timber moss", though this has no recognisable counterpart in Scottish Gaelic, and Alexander Smith suggests no Gaelic meaning can be assigned. Cabrach is situated 6 miles southeast of Ben Main.

Ben Main

Type: Hill with an elevation of 1,437 feet
Category: landform
Location: Moray, Scotland, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude

57.4079° or 57° 24′ 28″ north

Longitude

-3.08351° or 3° 5′ 1″ west

Elevation

1,437 feet (438 metres)

Open location code

9C9RCW58+5H

GeoNames ID

12610835

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Localities in the Area

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