Hillhead
Hillhead is a residential area in Moray, Scotland. Hillhead is situated nearby to Forres Enterprise Park, as well as near the village Kinloss.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Kinloss Abbey and Sueno’s Stone.
Kinloss Abbey
Photo: Otter, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Kinloss Abbey is a Cistercian abbey at Kinloss in the county of Moray, Scotland. The abbey was founded in 1150 by King David I "in order to extend the benefits of civilisation to the remoter regions under his sway." The legend of its founding is similar to that of the founding of Holyrood Abbey. Kinloss Abbey is situated 1 mile north of Hillhead.
Sueno’s Stone
Photo: Scott, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Sueno's Stone is a Picto-Scottish Class III standing stone on the north-easterly edge of Forres in Moray and is the largest surviving Pictish style cross-slab stone of its type in Scotland, standing 6.5 metres in height. Sueno’s Stone is situated 1½ miles west of Hillhead.
Blervie Castle
Castle
Photo: Anne Burgess, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Blervie Castle is a ruined 16th-century Z-plan tower house, about 2.5 miles south-east of Forres, Moray, Scotland, and about 1 mile north-east of Rafford. Alternative names are Blare; Blarvie; Blairvie; Blervie Tower; and Ulerin. Blervie Castle is situated 1½ miles south of Hillhead.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Kinloss and Forres.
Kinloss
Village
Photo: Anne Burgess, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Kinloss is a village in Moray, Scotland. It is located near the shore of Findhorn Bay, around 3 miles from Findhorn and 2.5 miles from Forres. Northeast of the village is Kinloss Barracks, formerly RAF Kinloss which opened on 1 April 1939.
Forres
Photo: Nilfanion, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Forres is a town in Moray in northeast Scotland, with a population of 9090 in 2020. By the second century AD it was sufficiently famous to be mapped as Οὐάραρ εἴσχυσις — "Varar Estuary" — by Claudius Ptolemy of Alexandria.
Rafford
Village
Photo: Phil Williams, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Rafford is a village in Moray, Scotland. It is approximately 2.5 miles southeast of the town of Forres, and 5.5 miles northwest of the village of Dallas. Rafford is situated 2½ miles south of Hillhead.
Hillhead
- Type: Residential area
- Location: Moray, Scotland, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
57.61863° or 57° 37′ 7″ northLongitude
-3.55757° or 3° 33′ 27″ westOpen location code
9C9RJC9R+FXOpenStreetMap ID
way 804543939OpenStreetMap feature
landuse=residential
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