Red Moss

Red Moss is in Aberdeenshire, North East Scotland, Scotland. Red Moss is situated nearby to the hamlet Craigdam, as well as near the village Barthol Chapel.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Methlick and Oldmeldrum.

Methlick

Photo: Fionam890, CC BY-SA 3.0.

Methlick is a village in Aberdeenshire about 20 miles north of Aberdeen; its main attraction is Haddo House. Methlick derives from Gaelic Maothulach, which may mean "vale of honey".

Oldmeldrum is a village and parish in the Formartine area of Aberdeenshire, not far from Inverurie in North East Scotland. Oldmeldrum is home to one of the oldest whisky distilleries in Scotland, Glen Garioch, which was built in 1797.

Tarves

Village

Photo: phil smith, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Tarves is a settlement in Aberdeenshire, Scotland, situated in the Formartine area between Oldmeldrum and Methlick. Following population growth to over 1,000 residents, Tarves is classified as a town in data published by Understanding Scottish Places, a change reported by BBC News in 2025.

Red Moss

Type: Wetland
Category: body of water
Location: Aberdeenshire, North East Scotland, Scotland, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude

57.3771° or 57° 22′ 38″ north

Longitude

-2.2899° or 2° 17′ 24″ west

Open location code

9C9V9PG6+V3

OpenStreetMap ID

way 1358183696

OpenStreetMap feature

natural=wetland

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