Sandend, Windmill
Sandend, Windmill is a building in Aberdeenshire, North East Scotland, Scotland. Sandend, Windmill is situated nearby to Glenglassaugh distillery, as well as near the tourism office Glenglassaugh Visitor Centre & Shop.- Type: Building
- Description: architectural structure in Aberdeenshire, Scotland, UK
- Also known as: “Glassaugh Windmill” and “Sandend Windmill,Fordyce”
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Glenglassaugh distillery and Fordyce Castle.
Glenglassaugh distillery
Distillery
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Glenglassaugh distillery is a malt scotch whisky distillery at Sandend in Aberdeenshire, Scotland. It restarted production in November 2008 after being acquired by an independent investment group. It was then bought by Brown-Forman and mothballed in 2025. Glenglassaugh distillery is situated 400 feet northeast of Sandend, Windmill.
Fordyce Castle
Castle
Photo: Dominic Moore, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Fordyce Castle is a T-plan castle, its oldest part dating from 1592, about three miles south-west of Portsoy, in the village of Fordyce, Aberdeenshire, Scotland. Fordyce Castle is situated 1¼ miles south of Sandend, Windmill.
Fordyce Academy
School
Fordyce Academy, known until the mid-19th century as Fordyce School, and also sometimes called Smith's Academy, was a famous grammar school in the village of Fordyce, Banffshire, Scotland, founded about 1592, refounded in 1790, and closed in 1964. Fordyce Academy is situated 1¼ miles south of Sandend, Windmill.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Sandend and Fordyce.
Sandend
Village
Photo: Anne Burgess, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Sandend is a small fishing village near Banff and Portsoy, Aberdeenshire, Scotland, typical of the area. It was "a considerable seatown as early as 1624".
Fordyce
Village
Photo: Dominic Moore, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Fordyce is a village in Aberdeenshire, Scotland that is slightly inland from the point where the Burn of Fordyce meets the sea between Cullen and Portsoy.
Portsoy
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Portsoy is a fishing village 8 miles west of Banff on the north coast of Aberdeenshire in northeast Scotland. It has a picturesque harbour often used as a film and TV location, such as the 2016 remake of Whisky Galore! In 2020 the population was 1690.
Sandend, Windmill
- Category: cairn
- Location: Aberdeenshire, North East Scotland, Scotland, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
57.67911° or 57° 40′ 45″ northLongitude
-2.73923° or 2° 44′ 21″ westOpen location code
9C9VM7H6+J8OpenStreetMap ID
way 1210826314OpenStreetMap feature
building=windmillWikidata ID
Q17568373
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