Maggieknockater
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".| Tap on a place to explore it |
Photo: Anne Burgess, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Places of Interest
Highlights include Ben Aigan and Craigellachie Bridge.
Ben Aigan
Peak
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Ben Aigan is a hill in Moray rising to a height of 471m to the east of the River Spey, which flows along the foot of its western and northern slopes. It lies to the east of Rothes and north east of Craigellachie.
Craigellachie Bridge
Bridge
Craigellachie Bridge is a cast iron arch bridge across the River Spey at Craigellachie, near to the village of Aberlour in Moray, Scotland. It was designed by the renowned civil engineer Thomas Telford and built from 1812 to 1814. Craigellachie Bridge is situated 2 miles west of Maggieknockater.
Craigellachie distillery
Distillery
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Craigellachie distillery is a single malt Scotch whisky distillery in the village of Craigellachie at the centre of the Speyside whisky producing area of Scotland. Craigellachie distillery is situated 2 miles west of Maggieknockater.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Craigellachie and Rothes.
Craigellachie
Village
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Craigellachie is a small village in Moray, Scotland, at the confluence of the River Spey and River Fiddich, in walking distance of the town of Aberlour. Craigellachie is situated 2 miles west of Maggieknockater.
Rothes
Village
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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 3 miles northwest of Maggieknockater.
Aberlour
Village
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Aberlour is a town in Moray, Scotland, 12 miles south of Elgin on the road to Grantown. The Lour burn is a tributary of the River Spey, and it and the surrounding parish are both named Aberlour, but the name is more commonly used in reference to the village which straddles the stream and flanks the Spey – although the full name of the village is Charlestown of Aberlour. Aberlour is situated 3½ miles southwest of Maggieknockater.
Maggieknockater
- Type: Hamlet
- Description: human settlement in Moray, Scotland, UK
- Categories: human settlement and locality
- Location: Moray, Scotland, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
57.49832° or 57° 29′ 54″ northLongitude
-3.13967° or 3° 8′ 23″ westElevation
509 feet (155 metres)Open location code
9C9RFVX6+84OpenStreetMap ID
node 8285195820OpenStreetMap feature
place=hamlet
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In Other Languages
From Basque to Scottish Gaelic—“Maggieknockater” goes by many names.
- Basque: “Maggieknockater”
- French: “Maggieknockater”
- Irish: “Magh an Fhúcadair”
- Irish: “Magh an Fhùcadair”
- Scottish Gaelic: “Magh an Fhùcadair”
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