Ballindalloch

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Ballindalloch (Scottish Gaelic : Baile na Dalach) is a small village on the River Spey in Scotland.

It is known for its whisky distilleries and for Ballindalloch Castle. [1] [2]

Until 1961 there was a station on the Great North of Scotland Railway Ballindalloch Station 1747084 f6cb1f5c.jpg
Until 1961 there was a station on the Great North of Scotland Railway

In Ballindalloch itself, there are two distilleries, Cragganmore distillery and Ballindalloch distillery. [3] On the western edge of Ballindalloch is the Tormore distillery. [3]

Ballindalloch previously had a railway station, Ballindalloch railway station that opened on 1 July 1863 and was part of the Strathspey Railway (GNoSR) but it closed on 18 October 1965. [4]

The name Ballindalloch is also used at Balfron, Stirlingshire for the Ballindalloch Old House, estate, bridge, muir and cotton mill.

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References

  1. Ordnance Survey: Landranger map sheet 57 Stirling & The Trossachs (Map). Ordnance Survey. 2009. ISBN   9780319231562.
  2. "Ordnance Survey: 1:50,000 Scale Gazetteer" (csv (download)). www.ordnancesurvey.co.uk. Ordnance Survey. 1 January 2016. Retrieved 30 January 2016.
  3. 1 2 Maclean, Charles (2016). Whiskypedia. A Gazetteer of Scotch Whisky. Edinburgh: Birlinn. ISBN   978-1-78027-401-0.
  4. Historic Environment Scotland. "Ballindalloch Station (16003)". Canmore . Retrieved 30 September 2021.

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