Hill of Retanach

Hill of Retanach is a peak in Moray, Scotland and has an elevation of 873 feet. Hill of Retanach is situated nearby to the hamlet Mayern, as well as near Mayen.

Places of Interest

Highlights include Rothiemay Castle,stone circle,400m NNW of and Knockdhu distillery.

Rothiemay Castle,stone circle,400m NNW of

Archaeological site

Photo: Golux, CC BY-SA 3.0.

Rothiemay Castle,stone circle,400m NNW of is an archaeological site.

Knockdhu distillery

Distillery

Photo: Anne Burgess, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Knockdhu distillery is a whisky distillery situated in Knock, Banffshire and owned by Inver House Distillers Limited.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Milltown of Rothiemay and Aberchirder.

Milltown of Rothiemay is a small inland village, built mostly of granite, in the north-east of Scotland and is within the Moray council area bordering neighbouring Aberdeenshire across the river to the south-east.

Aberchirder

Village

Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Aberchirder, known locally as Foggieloan or Foggie, is a village in Aberdeenshire, Scotland, situated on the A97 road six miles west of Turriff.

Ruthven

Village

Photo: Anne Burgess, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Ruthven, Aberdeenshire is a village in Scotland near Huntly, and Keith. It is traditionally pronounced "Riven". The "Wow o Riven" was a church bell in the area, and is mentioned in the ballad about Tam o Riven, a knight who lived in The "Wow o Riven" became the title of one of George MacDonald's short stories too, which plays in Ruthven.

Hill of Retanach

Type: Peak with an elevation of 873 feet
Category: landform
Location: Moray, Scotland, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude

57.53482° or 57° 32′ 5″ north

Longitude

-2.7258° or 2° 43′ 33″ west

Elevation

873 feet (266 metres)

Open location code

9C9VG7MF+WM

OpenStreetMap ID

node 8258073787

OpenStreetMap feature

natural=peak

GeoNames ID

12614700

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