Craigellachie (Scotland)
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Craigellachie Scottish Gaelic Creag Eileachaidh |
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| Coordinates | 57 ° 29 ′ N , 3 ° 11 ′ W | ||
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| Post town | ABERLOUR | ||
| ZIP code section | AB38 | ||
| prefix | 01340 | ||
| Part of the country | Scotland | ||
| Council area | Moray | ||
| British Parliament | Moray | ||
| Scottish Parliament | Moray | ||
Craigellachie ( Gaelic : Creag Eileachaidh ) is a village in the Scottish council area of Moray . It is located at the confluence of the Spey and Fiddich Rivers, about three kilometers northeast of Charlestown of Aberlour and 20 kilometers south-southeast of Elgin . Craigellachie forms the southern border of Strathspey and belonged to the territory of Clan Grant , whose battle cry was: Almost Craigellachie!
The village is located in the middle of the important Speyside whiskey region and is home to Craigellachie and Macallan, two active whiskey distilleries and the only cooperage in Scotland, the Speyside Cooperage . For this reason, Craigellachie is also one of the stops on the Speyside Way .
The Dandaleith Stone , a Pictish symbol stone from the 1st millennium, was found near Craigellachie in 2013 .
Craigellachie is the namesake for the place in Canada, where on November 7, 1885 Donald Smith set the symbolic “ last spike ” of the Trans-Canadian Railroad.
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Craigellachie is just off the A95 , which connects Keith to the major A9 . The Craigellachie Bridge , built by Thomas Telford between 1812 and 1815 , was once an important crossing over the Spey. It is one of the oldest iron bridges in Scotland. In 1863, Craigellachie became a railway junction, but the line was closed in 1971.
Buildings in Craigellachie
Craigellachie Bridge
Craigellachie Distillery
Individual evidence
- ^ List of Gaelic expressions
- ↑ a b Entry in the Gazetteer for Scotland
- ↑ Data on the Craigellachie Distillery at maltmadness.com
- ↑ Data on the Macallan distillery at maltmadness.com
- ↑ Web presence of the Speyside Way
- ↑ BBC News: Rolling stone? Archaeologist try to unlock secrets of Pictish find , August 8, 2014 .
