Descriptive Gazetteer Entry for Mortlach

Mortlach, par., mid. Banffshire, 34,184 ac., pop. 2934; contains Duff town, at which is Mortlach Distillery. Near the church of Mortlach is an antiquity called "The Stone of Mortlach," which, according to tradition, was erected to commemorate the victory of Malcolm II. over the Danes in 1010.


(John Bartholomew, Gazetteer of the British Isles (1887))

Linked entities:
Feature Description: "parish"   (ADL Feature Type: "countries, 4th order divisions")
Administrative units: Mortlach ScoP       Banffshire ScoCnty
Place: Mortlach

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