Chapelton Dam
Chapelton Dam is a dam in Moray, Scotland. Chapelton Dam is situated nearby to the peak Wrights Hill, as well as near Sanquhar Loch.Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Dallas Dhu distillery and Sueno’s Stone.
Dallas Dhu distillery
Museum
Photo: JThomas, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Dallas Dhu distillery is a inactive Speyside single malt Scotch whisky distillery located in Forres, Moray, Scotland. Dallas Dhu means "Black Water Valley" in Gaelic. Dallas Dhu distillery is situated 1 mile southwest of Chapelton Dam.
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 1¼ miles north of Chapelton Dam.
Forres Academy
School
Forres Academy is a comprehensive community school serving the town of Forres, Scotland, and its rural catchment area in west Moray. As in other Scottish schools, pupils are able to leave after the fourth year of schooling; therefore, the fifth and sixth years are not compulsory. Forres Academy is situated 3,300 feet northwest of Chapelton Dam.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Forres and Rafford.
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 1½ miles southeast of Chapelton Dam.
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. Kinloss is situated 2½ miles north of Chapelton Dam.
Chapelton Dam
- Type: Dam
- Location: Moray, Scotland, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
57.59925° or 57° 35′ 57″ northLongitude
-3.59609° or 3° 35′ 46″ westOpen location code
9C9RHCX3+PHOpenStreetMap ID
way 815243144OpenStreetMap feature
waterway=dam
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Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Wrights Hill and Sanquhar Loch.
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