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Scalan

The Scalan was a Scottish Catholic seminary and one of the few places where underground education by the Catholic Church in Scotland was kept alive during the anti-Catholic persecutions of the 16th-19th century.
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Photo: Stanley Howe, CC BY-SA 2.0.
  • Type: Museum
  • Description: ruined 18th century Catholic seminary in Moray, Scotland, UK
  • Also known as: “Scalan Seminary” and “Scalan, Roman Catholic Seminary”

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Càrn Mòr and Lecht, Ironstone Mine.

Peak
Photo: Richard Webb, CC BY-SA 2.0.
is the highest mountain of the Ladder Hills on the border of and , . It is located northeast of the Cairngorm Mountains near . It rises high above in an area once renowned for its whisky smuggling.

Industrial building
Photo: Mike Searle, CC BY-SA 2.0.
is an industrial building, which is situated 2½ miles south of Scalan.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Tomintoul.

Village
Photo: Paul Hermans, CC BY-SA 3.0.
is a village in the council area of Scotland in the historic county of . Within , the village lies close to the banks of the River Avon and is said by some to be the highest village in the Scottish Highlands, although at 345 m it is still much lower than the highest village in Scotland. is situated 5 miles west of Scalan.

Scalan

Latitude
57.25965° or 57° 15′ 35″ north
Longitude
-3.25044° or 3° 15′ 2″ west
Open location code
9C9R7P5X+VR
Open­Street­Map ID
way 325535371
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Open­Street­Map feature
historic=­monastery
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tourism=­museum
Wiki­data ID
Q7429677
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In Other Languages

From German to Scots—“Scalan” goes by many names.
  • German: “Scalan College”
  • Irish: “Scalan”
  • Scots: “Scalan”

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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 “Scalan”. Photo: Stanley Howe, CC BY-SA 2.0.