Auchindoun Castle
Auchindoun Castle is a hill in Moray, Scotland and has an elevation of 991 feet. Auchindoun Castle is situated nearby to the village Kirktown of Mortlach, as well as near Dufftown.Places of Interest
Highlights include Auchindoun Castle and Mortlach Parish Church.
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.
Mortlach Parish Church
Church
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Mortlach Parish Church is a church within the Church of Scotland serving the parish of Mortlach, in Moray, 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. Mortlach Parish Church is situated 2 miles northwest of Auchindoun Castle.
Stephen Cottage Hospital
Hospital
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Stephen Hospital is a cottage hospital in Dufftown, Moray, Scotland. It is managed by NHS Grampian. Stephen Cottage Hospital is situated 2 miles northwest of Auchindoun Castle.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Dufftown and Glass.
Dufftown
Town
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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 2 miles northwest of Auchindoun Castle.
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 east of Auchindoun Castle.
Maggieknockater
Hamlet
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Maggieknockater is a hamlet on the A95 road between Craigellachie and Mulben in Scotland in the Moray council area, in the county of Banffshire. 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". Maggieknockater is situated 6 miles north of Auchindoun Castle.
Auchindoun Castle
- Type: Hill with an elevation of 991 feet
- Category: landform
- Location: Moray, Scotland, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
57.42224° or 57° 25′ 20″ northLongitude
-3.08726° or 3° 5′ 14″ westElevation
991 feet (302 metres)Open location code
9C9RCWC7+V3GeoNames ID
12614696
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