Fairyhill Quarry
Fairyhill Quarry is a quarry in Moray, Scotland. Fairyhill Quarry is situated nearby to the museum Dallas Dhu distillery, as well as near the village Rafford.Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Dallas Dhu distillery and Forres railway station.
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 3,100 feet east of Fairyhill Quarry.
Forres railway station
Railway station
Photo: Chris Morgan, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Forres railway station serves the town of Forres, Moray in Scotland. The station is managed and served by ScotRail and is on the Aberdeen–Inverness line, between Nairn and Elgin, measured 119 miles 42 chains from Perth via the Dava route. Forres railway station is situated 1½ miles north of Fairyhill Quarry.
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 2 miles northeast of Fairyhill Quarry.
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 2½ miles east of Fairyhill Quarry.
Dyke
Village
Photo: Ann Harrison, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Dyke is a small village situated in the north of Scotland on the Moray coast, approximately 4 miles west of Forres. The origin of the name of the parish of Dyke is supposed to be the Gaelic word dìg, signifying a water drain or ditch. Dyke is situated 2½ miles northwest of Fairyhill Quarry.
Fairyhill Quarry
- Type: Quarry
- Category: industry
- Location: Moray, Scotland, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
57.58934° or 57° 35′ 22″ northLongitude
-3.63013° or 3° 37′ 49″ westOpen location code
9C9RH9Q9+PWOpenStreetMap ID
way 831221784OpenStreetMap feature
landuse=quarry
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