Maggieknockater ( gd, Magh an Fhùcadair, meaning "field of the fuller" or "plain of the hilly ridge") is a hamlet on the
A95 road
The A95 road is a major road of north-east Scotland connecting the A9 road in the Highlands to the A98 road near the coast.
Route
It leaves the A9 four miles north of Aviemore.
It then goes:
*through Drumullie;
*near to Dulnain Bridge – ...
between Craigellachie and Mulben in
Scotland in the
Moray
Moray () gd, Moireibh or ') is one of the 32 local government council areas of Scotland. It lies in the north-east of the country, with a coastline on the Moray Firth, and borders the council areas of Aberdeenshire and Highland.
Between 1975 ...
council area, in the
county of
Banffshire
Banffshire ; sco, Coontie o Banffshire; gd, Siorrachd Bhanbh) is a historic county, registration county and lieutenancy area of Scotland. The county town is Banff, although the largest settlement is Buckie to the west. It borders the Moray ...
.
Until the early 1970s there was large
apiary which was well known in the region and has lived on in the
Scottish country dance "The Bees of Maggieknockater". At nearby
Gauldwell Castle
Gauldwell Castle was a 13th-century castle, about north-west of Dufftown, Moray, Scotland, north of the River Fiddich.Coventry, Martin (1997) ''The Castles of Scotland''. Goblinshead. p.187
Alternative names are Boharm Castle, Cauddwell Castl ...
(now only with one partial wall left standing),
Mary, Queen of Scots is reputed to have spent the night. The school was closed in the 1960s and the chapel was turned into a home in the early 1970s. What was once a
smithy is now a garage still in the hands of the Maclean family. Maggieknockater formerly had a
post office; it opened in June 1876 and closed in 1940.
[Mackay, James A. (1989) ''Scottish Post Offices'', p. 89. Dumfries: published by the author, ]
Maggieknockater is situated in the heart of
Scotland's Malt Whisky Trail, situated less than from
Dufftown, home of the world-famous
Glenfiddich Distillery.
Less than heading east along the A95 from Maggieknockater is the site for Moray's most demanding
mountain biking
Mountain biking is a sport of riding bicycles off-road, often over rough terrain, usually using specially designed mountain bikes. Mountain bikes share similarities with other bikes but incorporate features designed to enhance durability and pe ...
trails, "The Moray Monster Trails". The trails were regenerated and improved during 2005 and 2006.
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Villages in Moray
Hamlets in Scotland
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