Mortlach Parish Church
Mortlach Parish Church is a church within the Church of Scotland serving the parish of Mortlach, in Moray, close to the village of Dufftown. The site of the church has long been associated with Christianity, going back perhaps as far as 566 when St Moluag is said to have founded a religious community there.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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- Type: Church
- Denomination: Church of Scotland
- Description: parish church in Mortlach, Moray, Scotland, UK
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Dufftown distillery and Stephen Cottage Hospital.
Dufftown distillery
Distillery
Photo: Andrew Wood, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Dufftown distillery is a Scotch whisky distillery in Dufftown, Moray, Scotland. Founded in 1895 as "Dufftown-Glenlivet Distillery", the distillery is currently owned by Diageo. Dufftown distillery is situated 1,100 feet south of Mortlach Parish Church.
Stephen Cottage Hospital
Hospital
Photo: Anne Burgess, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Stephen Hospital is a cottage hospital in Dufftown, Moray, Scotland. It is managed by NHS Grampian. Stephen Cottage Hospital is situated 2,600 feet north of Mortlach Parish Church.
Balvenie Castle
Photo: Astrid Horn, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Balvenie Castle is a ruined castle 1 km north of Dufftown in the Moray region of Scotland. Balvenie Castle is situated 1 mile north of Mortlach Parish Church.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Dufftown and Maggieknockater.
Dufftown
Town
Photo: Karora, Public domain.
Dufftown is a burgh in Moray, Scotland. While the town is part of the historic Mortlach parish, the town was established and laid out in the early 19th century as part of a planned new town settlement.
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 4 miles north of Mortlach Parish Church.
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 4 miles northwest of Mortlach Parish Church.
Mortlach Parish Church
- Categories: parish church, building, place of worship, and religion
- Location: Moray, Scotland, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
57.43884° or 57° 26′ 20″ northLongitude
-3.12808° or 3° 7′ 41″ westOpen location code
9C9RCVQC+GQOpenStreetMap ID
way 109765149OpenStreetMap feature
amenity=place_of_worshipOpenStreetMap feature
building=yesOpenStreetMap attribute
denomination=church_of_scotlandWikidata ID
Q68377076
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In Other Languages
From German to Japanese—“Mortlach Parish Church” goes by many names.
- German: “Mortlach Kirk”
- German: “Mortlach Parish Church”
- Japanese: “モートラック教区教会”
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Mortlach Churchyard and Pole Wood.
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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 “Mortlach Parish Church”. Photo: Christopher Gillan, CC BY-SA 2.0.