Duffus Castle
Duffus Castle, near Elgin, Moray, Scotland, was a motte-and-bailey castle and was in use from c. 1140 to 1705. During its occupation it underwent many alterations.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Gordonstoun.
Gordonstoun
School
Photo: Nibaba, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Gordonstoun School is a co-educational private school for boarding and day pupils in Moray, Scotland. Two generations of British royalty have been educated at Gordonstoun, including Prince Philip and his son King Charles III. Gordonstoun is situated 1¼ miles north of Duffus Castle.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Duffus and Hopeman.
Duffus
Village
Photo: Lyall Duffus, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Duffus is a village and parish in Moray, Scotland. It is best known for the nearby Duffus Castle, St. Peters' Kirk, and Spynie Palace. Duffus is situated 1½ miles northwest of Duffus Castle.
Hopeman
Village
Photo: Craig Williams, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Hopeman is a seaside village in Moray, Scotland, it is situated on the coast of the Moray Firth, founded in 1805 to house and re-employ people displaced during the Highland clearances. Hopeman is situated 3 miles northwest of Duffus Castle.
Elgin
Photo: Billreid, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Elgin is the county town of Moray in northeast Scotland, best known for its ruined cathedral which made it a "city". Together with nearby Lossiemouth it's the service town for two nearby Royal Air Force bases, with a population in 2016 of 24,760.
Duffus Castle
- Type: Grassland
- Description: castle in Moray, Scotland, UK
- Categories: castle, tourism, ruins, tourist attraction, and historic site
- Location: Moray, Scotland, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
57.68782° or 57° 41′ 16″ northLongitude
-3.36143° or 3° 21′ 41″ westOpen location code
9C9RMJQQ+4COpenStreetMap ID
way 101992170OpenStreetMap feature
historic=ruinsOpenStreetMap feature
natural=grasslandOpenStreetMap feature
tourism=attractionWikidata ID
Q2789683
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In Other Languages
From Dutch to Portuguese—“Duffus Castle” goes by many names.
- Dutch: “Duffus Castle”
- Finnish: “Duffusin linna”
- French: “château de Duffus”
- French: “Château de Duffus”
- German: “Duffus Castle”
- Italian: “Castello di Duffus”
- Polish: “Zamek Duffus”
- Portuguese: “Castelo de Duffus”
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Intrument Landing System and Shempton Farm Airstrip.
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About Mapcarta. Data © OpenStreetMap contributors and available under the Open Database License". Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikipedia page “Duffus Castle”. Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 3.0.