Upper Rafford
Upper Rafford is a neighborhood in Moray, Scotland. Upper Rafford is situated nearby to the neighborhood Lower Rafford, as well as near the hamlet Blervie.Places of Interest
Highlights include Blervie Castle and Dallas Dhu distillery.
Blervie Castle
Castle
Photo: Anne Burgess, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Blervie Castle is a ruined 16th-century Z-plan tower house, about 2.5 miles south-east of Forres, Moray, Scotland, and about 1 mile north-east of Rafford. Alternative names are Blare; Blarvie; Blairvie; Blervie Tower; and Ulerin.
Dallas Dhu distillery
Museum
Photo: JThomas, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Dallas Dhu distillery is a inactive Speyside single malt Scotch whisky distillery located in Forres, Moray, Scotland. Dallas Dhu means "Black Water Valley" in Gaelic. Dallas Dhu distillery is situated 2 miles west of Upper Rafford.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Rafford and Forres.
Rafford
Village
Photo: Phil Williams, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Rafford is a village in Moray, Scotland. It is approximately 2.5 miles southeast of the town of Forres, and 5.5 miles northwest of the village of Dallas.
Forres
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Forres is a town in Moray in northeast Scotland, with a population of 9090 in 2020. By the second century AD it was sufficiently famous to be mapped as Οὐάραρ εἴσχυσις — "Varar Estuary" — by Claudius Ptolemy of Alexandria.
Kinloss
Village
Photo: Anne Burgess, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Kinloss is a village in Moray, Scotland. It is located near the shore of Findhorn Bay, around 3 miles from Findhorn and 2.5 miles from Forres. Northeast of the village is Kinloss Barracks, formerly RAF Kinloss which opened on 1 April 1939. Kinloss is situated 4 miles north of Upper Rafford.
Upper Rafford
- Type: Neighborhood
- Category: locality
- Location: Moray, Scotland, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
57.57997° or 57° 34′ 48″ northLongitude
-3.55887° or 3° 33′ 32″ westOpen location code
9C9RHCHR+XFOpenStreetMap ID
node 10886600616OpenStreetMap feature
place=neighbourhood
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Localities in the Area
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Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Rafford Village Hall and Rafford Parish Church.
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