Hillhead

Hillhead is a residential area in Moray, Scotland. Hillhead is situated nearby to Forres Enterprise Park, as well as near the village Kinloss.

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

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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″ north

Longitude

-3.55757° or 3° 33′ 27″ west

Open location code

9C9RJC9R+FX

OpenStreetMap ID

way 804543939

OpenStreetMap feature

landuse=residential

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