Craighead
Craighead is a locality in Moray, Scotland. Craighead is situated nearby to the hamlet Mulben, as well as near the locality Orton.Places of Interest
Highlights include Mulben railway station and Auchroisk distillery.
Mulben railway station
Building
Photo: Anne Burgess, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Mulben railway station served the hamlet of Mulben, Moray, Scotland from 1858 to 1964 on the Inverness and Aberdeen Junction Railway.
Auchroisk distillery
Distillery
Photo: Anne Burgess, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Auchroisk distillery is a whisky distillery in Banffshire, Speyside, Scotland. It was established after Dorie's Well was discovered and found to have water similar to the water used by the Glen Spey distillery, which was used by Justerini & Brooks to produce malt whisky for their blends.
Glentauchers distillery
Distillery
Photo: Anne Burgess, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Glentauchers distillery is a Speyside Scottish whisky distillery in Mulben, Keith, Scotland. Glentauchers distillery is situated 1½ miles southeast of Craighead.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Mulben and Maggieknockater.
Mulben
Hamlet
Photo: Anne Burgess, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Mulben is a hamlet situated at a crossroads that forms the intersection of the A95 road and the B9103 in the Moray council area of Scotland. It lies on the Burn of Mulben, 6.5 km west of Keith.
Maggieknockater
Hamlet
Photo: Anne Burgess, CC BY-SA 2.0.
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 3½ miles southwest of Craighead.
Rothes
Village
Photo: Stanley Howe, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Rothes is a town in Moray, Scotland, on the banks of the River Spey, 10 miles south of Elgin. The town had a population of 1,252 at the 2011 Census. A settlement has been here since AD 600. Rothes is situated 4½ miles west of Craighead.
Craighead
- Type: Locality
- Location: Moray, Scotland, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
57.54552° or 57° 32′ 44″ northLongitude
-3.0911° or 3° 5′ 28″ westElevation
449 feet (137 metres)Open location code
9C9RGWW5+6HGeoNames ID
13278657
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