St Ninian’s Church

St Ninian's Church, Tynet is a historic Roman Catholic clandestine church located at Tynet about 4 miles to the west of Buckie, Scotland in the Enzie region.

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Type: Church
Denomination: Roman Catholic
Description: architectural structure in Moray, Scotland, UK
Also known as: “St Ninian’s Chapel, Tynet” and “St Ninian’s Church, Tynet”

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Gordon Castle and St Gregory’s Church, Preshome.

Gordon Castle

Castle

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Gordon Castle is a historic country house and former ducal seat near Fochabers in the parish of Bellie in Moray, Scotland. Originally built in the 1470s by George Gordon, 2nd Earl of Huntly, as a fortified tower known as the Bog o’ Gight, it evolved over the centuries into one of the largest and most distinguished houses in Scotland. Gordon Castle is situated 2 miles southwest of St Ninian’s Church.

St Gregory’s Church, Preshome

Church

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St. Gregory's Church is a Roman Catholic church at Preshome near Buckie in north-east Scotland. It is protected as a category A listed building. Built in 1788, St. St Gregory’s Church, Preshome is situated 2 miles east of St Ninian’s Church.

Spey Bay railway station

Historic site

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Spey Bay railway station was a railway station in Spey Bay, Moray. The railway station was opened by the Great North of Scotland Railway on its Moray Firth coast line in 1886, served by Aberdeen to Elgin trains. Spey Bay railway station is situated 2½ miles northwest of St Ninian’s Church.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Upper Dallachy and Portgordon.

Upper Dallachy

Village

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Upper Dallachy is a small village in Moray, Scotland, about 2 miles south-east of Spey Bay. It is situated on the east of the River Spey. The village is located next to the now-abandoned RAF Dallachy airfield, which was used frequently in the Second World War and was the site of a number of bombings.

Portgordon

Village

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Portgordon, or sometimes Port Gordon, is a village in Moray, Scotland, 2 km south-west of Buckie. It was established in 1797 by Alexander Gordon, 4th Duke of Gordon as a fishing village. Portgordon is situated 2 miles northeast of St Ninian’s Church.

Fochabers

Village

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Fochabers is a village in the Parish of Bellie, in Moray, Scotland, 10 miles east of the cathedral city of Elgin and located on the east bank of the River Spey. Fochabers is situated 2½ miles southwest of St Ninian’s Church.

St Ninian’s Church

Categories: building, place of worship, and religion
Location: Moray, Scotland, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude

57.63689° or 57° 38′ 13″ north

Longitude

-3.04194° or 3° 2′ 31″ west

Open location code

9C9RJXP5+Q6

OpenStreetMap ID

way 1131761050

OpenStreetMap feature

amenity=place_of_worship

OpenStreetMap feature

building=yes

OpenStreetMap attribute

denomination=roman_catholic

Wikidata ID

Q7594977

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In Other Languages

“St Ninian’s Church” goes by many names.

German: “St Ninian’s Church (Bridge of Tynet)”
German: “St Ninian’s Church”

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