Distillery (Period Unassigned)
Site Name Balmenach Distillery
Classification Distillery (Period Unassigned)
Alternative Name(s) Balmenach Glenlivet Distillery
Canmore ID 15684
Site Number NJ02NE 9
NGR NJ 0785 2715
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
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![View from SE of Duty Free Warehouse No. 1/ Filling Store (8), with empty barrels outside.
Digital image of C 3829 CN.](http://i.rcahms.gov.uk/canmore/l/SC00732226.jpg)
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View from SE of Duty Free Warehouse No. 1/ Filling Store (8), with empty barrels outside. Digital image of C 3829 CN.
26/4/1993
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![General view of distillery from south west, taken before the conversion of the maltings and removal of the kiln ventilators in 1964. Photograph inscr; 'Pure Highland Malt Whisky. Balmenach-Glenlivet Distillery Limited Strathspey, N.B. Established 1824.'
Digital image of B 78698.](http://i.rcahms.gov.uk/canmore/l/SC00732356.jpg)
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General view of distillery from south west, taken before the conversion of the maltings and removal of the kiln ventilators in 1964. Photograph inscr; 'Pure Highland Malt Whisky. Balmenach-Glenlivet Distillery Limited Strathspey, N.B. Established 1824.' Digital image of B 78698.
c. 1920
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![Oblique aerial view of the whisky distillery, taken from the NE.](http://i.rcahms.gov.uk/canmore/l/DP00014991.jpg)
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Oblique aerial view of the whisky distillery, taken from the NE.
RCAHMS Aerial Photography Digital
10/5/2006
© Crown Copyright: HES
![View from of Office (16 and 15B) and Duty Free Warehouse No. 6 (15)](http://i.rcahms.gov.uk/canmore/l/SC02555283.jpg)
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View from of Office (16 and 15B) and Duty Free Warehouse No. 6 (15)
26/4/1993
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![View from north of former Maltings (1) and (in background) Mash House (5), Tun Room (6).](http://i.rcahms.gov.uk/canmore/l/SC02555284.jpg)
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View from north of former Maltings (1) and (in background) Mash House (5), Tun Room (6).
26/4/1993
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![Filling Store/Duty Free Warehouse No. 1 (8). Interior view from west, showing barrels awaiting filling](http://i.rcahms.gov.uk/canmore/l/SC02555303.jpg)
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Filling Store/Duty Free Warehouse No. 1 (8). Interior view from west, showing barrels awaiting filling
26/4/1993
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![Still House (7). Detailed view of base of Low Wines and Feints Still No. 1 (installed 1961), with other Low Wines Stills in background](http://i.rcahms.gov.uk/canmore/l/SC02555305.jpg)
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Still House (7). Detailed view of base of Low Wines and Feints Still No. 1 (installed 1961), with other Low Wines Stills in background
26/4/1993
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![Still House (7). Elevated view from east of row of six stills](http://i.rcahms.gov.uk/canmore/l/SC02555306.jpg)
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Still House (7). Elevated view from east of row of six stills
26/4/1993
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![Balmenach-Glenlivet Distillery
General view from SW with Production facilities in centre of photograph and Bonded warhouses in left background](http://i.rcahms.gov.uk/canmore/l/SC00440446.jpg)
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Balmenach-Glenlivet Distillery General view from SW with Production facilities in centre of photograph and Bonded warhouses in left background
Papers of Professor John R Hume, economic and industrial historian, Glasgow, Scotland
1974
© HES. Reproduced courtesy of J R Hume
![Still House (7). Elevated view from east of row of three Low Wines and and Feints and spirit safes.
Digital image of C 3885 CN.](http://i.rcahms.gov.uk/canmore/l/SC00732157.jpg)
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Still House (7). Elevated view from east of row of three Low Wines and and Feints and spirit safes. Digital image of C 3885 CN.
26/4/1993
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![Maltings (1). Detail of rail-mounted turning machine currently in the left Saladin box. It was moved to other boxes by traversers at each end of the box. The floor of the box is comprised of steel mesh panels. The maltings have been disused since 1983.
Digital image of C 3873.](http://i.rcahms.gov.uk/canmore/l/SC00732231.jpg)
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Maltings (1). Detail of rail-mounted turning machine currently in the left Saladin box. It was moved to other boxes by traversers at each end of the box. The floor of the box is comprised of steel mesh panels. The maltings have been disused since 1983. Digital image of C 3873.
26/4/1993
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![View from west north west of Mill Room (5B), Stores (5B), Still House (7) and Boiler House Chimney (36).](http://i.rcahms.gov.uk/canmore/l/SC02555290.jpg)
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View from west north west of Mill Room (5B), Stores (5B), Still House (7) and Boiler House Chimney (36).
26/4/1993
© RCAHMS
![View from south east of Effluent Treatment Plant (38)](http://i.rcahms.gov.uk/canmore/l/SC02555292.jpg)
![Still House (7), view of six stills from north west, three nearest are low wine and feints stills, the three futhest away being Wash Stills (all built by either Abercrombie of Alloa or Grant of Dufftown).](http://i.rcahms.gov.uk/canmore/l/SC00357569.jpg)
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Still House (7), view of six stills from north west, three nearest are low wine and feints stills, the three futhest away being Wash Stills (all built by either Abercrombie of Alloa or Grant of Dufftown).
© RCAHMS
![Still House (7). View of spirit safes.
Digital image of C 3889 CN.](http://i.rcahms.gov.uk/canmore/l/SC00732218.jpg)
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Still House (7). View of spirit safes. Digital image of C 3889 CN.
26/4/1993
© RCAHMS
![Cooperage (10). View of recently stencilled and bar-coded barrels awaiting transfer to Filling Store (8) for filling.
Digital image of C 3880 CN.](http://i.rcahms.gov.uk/canmore/l/SC00732219.jpg)
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Cooperage (10). View of recently stencilled and bar-coded barrels awaiting transfer to Filling Store (8) for filling. Digital image of C 3880 CN.
26/4/1993
© RCAHMS
![Steeping tanks (2). View of one of four steeping tanks in which barley was prepared before being spread in the Saladin boxes in the neighbouring Maltings. Disused since 1983.
Digital image of C 3875.](http://i.rcahms.gov.uk/canmore/l/SC00732234.jpg)
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Steeping tanks (2). View of one of four steeping tanks in which barley was prepared before being spread in the Saladin boxes in the neighbouring Maltings. Disused since 1983. Digital image of C 3875.
26/4/1993
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![View from east of Duty Free Warehouse No. 1/ Filling Store (8), with empty barrels outside.](http://i.rcahms.gov.uk/canmore/l/SC02555264.jpg)
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View from east of Duty Free Warehouse No. 1/ Filling Store (8), with empty barrels outside.
26/4/1993
© RCAHMS
![General view from east of (L to R) Still House (7), Brewer's Office (29) and the site of the former hydraulic lift](http://i.rcahms.gov.uk/canmore/l/SC02555269.jpg)
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General view from east of (L to R) Still House (7), Brewer's Office (29) and the site of the former hydraulic lift
26/4/1993
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![View from south east of former Maltings (1)](http://i.rcahms.gov.uk/canmore/l/SC02555273.jpg)
![View from north east of rear mass-concrete maltings range (2 and 2A)](http://i.rcahms.gov.uk/canmore/l/SC02555287.jpg)
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View from north east of rear mass-concrete maltings range (2 and 2A)
26/4/1993
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![View from south west of fuel-oil tanks and Boiler House (9)](http://i.rcahms.gov.uk/canmore/l/SC02555293.jpg)
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View from south west of fuel-oil tanks and Boiler House (9)
26/4/1993
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![View from south of Filling Store/ Duty Free Warehouse No. 1 (8) and Still House behind.](http://i.rcahms.gov.uk/canmore/l/SC02555294.jpg)
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View from south of Filling Store/ Duty Free Warehouse No. 1 (8) and Still House behind.
26/4/1993
© RCAHMS
![Still House (7). Oblique view of spirit safes](http://i.rcahms.gov.uk/canmore/l/SC02555310.jpg)
![View from south west of two distillery houses (27 and 28).
Digital image of C 3841.](http://i.rcahms.gov.uk/canmore/l/SC00732215.jpg)
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View from south west of two distillery houses (27 and 28). Digital image of C 3841.
26/4/1993
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![Worm Tubs (7B), view of worm tubs of 4 of the 6 stills from west.
Digital image of C 3869.](http://i.rcahms.gov.uk/canmore/l/SC00732229.jpg)
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Worm Tubs (7B), view of worm tubs of 4 of the 6 stills from west. Digital image of C 3869.
26/4/1993
© RCAHMS
![General view from south east of (L to R) of Filling Store (8), Brewer's Office ( 29), Tun room (6), Mash House (5), and former Maltings (1)](http://i.rcahms.gov.uk/canmore/l/SC00919779.jpg)
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General view from south east of (L to R) of Filling Store (8), Brewer's Office ( 29), Tun room (6), Mash House (5), and former Maltings (1)
26/4/1993
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![Oblique aerial view of the whisky distillery, taken from the NW.](http://i.rcahms.gov.uk/canmore/l/DP00014993.jpg)
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Oblique aerial view of the whisky distillery, taken from the NW.
RCAHMS Aerial Photography Digital
10/5/2006
© Crown Copyright: HES
![Balmenach Distillery, NJ02NE 9, Ordnance Survey index card, Recto](http://i.rcahms.gov.uk/canmore/l/SC02368756.jpg)
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Balmenach Distillery, NJ02NE 9, Ordnance Survey index card, Recto
Records of the Ordnance Survey, Southampton, Hampshire, England
c. 1958
© Crown Copyright: HES (Ordnance Survey Archaeology Division Collection)
![View from south east of Duty Free Warehouse No. 1/ Filling Store (8), with empty barrels outside.](http://i.rcahms.gov.uk/canmore/l/SC02555266.jpg)
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View from south east of Duty Free Warehouse No. 1/ Filling Store (8), with empty barrels outside.
26/4/1993
© RCAHMS
![View from SE of Tun Room (6) and Mash House (5)](http://i.rcahms.gov.uk/canmore/l/SC02555270.jpg)
![View from north east of Duty free warehouse No. 7 (17)](http://i.rcahms.gov.uk/canmore/l/SC02555280.jpg)
![View from north east of Duty free warehouse No. 7 (17) and area of former railway sidings for distillery.](http://i.rcahms.gov.uk/canmore/l/SC02555281.jpg)
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View from north east of Duty free warehouse No. 7 (17) and area of former railway sidings for distillery.
26/4/1993
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![View from west of Still House (7), with sheet metal flues from Boiler House to chimney in foreground.](http://i.rcahms.gov.uk/canmore/l/SC02555291.jpg)
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View from west of Still House (7), with sheet metal flues from Boiler House to chimney in foreground.
26/4/1993
© RCAHMS
![Tun Room (6), detail of Washback No. 3 from north](http://i.rcahms.gov.uk/canmore/l/SC02555296.jpg)
![Mash House (5), view from east north east showing control panel, and in background, grist and malt screws to hoppers.
Digital image of C 3864](http://i.rcahms.gov.uk/canmore/l/SC00732214.jpg)
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Mash House (5), view from east north east showing control panel, and in background, grist and malt screws to hoppers. Digital image of C 3864
26/4/1993
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![View from south east of Manager's House (24).
Digital image of C 3844.](http://i.rcahms.gov.uk/canmore/l/SC00732216.jpg)
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View from south east of Manager's House (24). Digital image of C 3844.
26/4/1993
© RCAHMS
![Oblique aerial view of the whisky distillery, taken from the SW.](http://i.rcahms.gov.uk/canmore/l/DP00014994.jpg)
DP 014994
Oblique aerial view of the whisky distillery, taken from the SW.
RCAHMS Aerial Photography Digital
10/5/2006
© Crown Copyright: HES
![View from south of Cooperage (10)](http://i.rcahms.gov.uk/canmore/l/SC02555268.jpg)
![General view from west of Dark Grain Plant (14) (Disused)](http://i.rcahms.gov.uk/canmore/l/SC02555271.jpg)
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General view from west of Dark Grain Plant (14) (Disused)
26/4/1993
© RCAHMS
![View from east of Duty Free Warehouse No. 6 (15)](http://i.rcahms.gov.uk/canmore/l/SC02555276.jpg)
![View from east of disused railway embankment leading up to distillery](http://i.rcahms.gov.uk/canmore/l/SC02555278.jpg)
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View from east of disused railway embankment leading up to distillery
26/4/1993
© RCAHMS
![View from east of former Owner's House (42)](http://i.rcahms.gov.uk/canmore/l/SC02555286.jpg)
![Filling Store/Duty Free Warehouse No. 1 (8). View of Spirit Receiver and warehouse Vat from east.
Digital image of C 3877.](http://i.rcahms.gov.uk/canmore/l/SC00732235.jpg)
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Filling Store/Duty Free Warehouse No. 1 (8). View of Spirit Receiver and warehouse Vat from east. Digital image of C 3877.
26/4/1993
© RCAHMS
![View from east of Duty Free Warehouse No. 1/ Filling Store (8), with empty barrels outside.](http://i.rcahms.gov.uk/canmore/l/SC02555265.jpg)
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View from east of Duty Free Warehouse No. 1/ Filling Store (8), with empty barrels outside.
26/4/1993
© RCAHMS
![General view from south east of (L to R) of Filling Store (8), Brewer's Office ( 29), Tun room (6), Mash House (5), and former Maltings (1)](http://i.rcahms.gov.uk/canmore/l/SC02555267.jpg)
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General view from south east of (L to R) of Filling Store (8), Brewer's Office ( 29), Tun room (6), Mash House (5), and former Maltings (1)
26/4/1993
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![View from north east of Tun Room (6) and Mash House (5)](http://i.rcahms.gov.uk/canmore/l/SC02555272.jpg)
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View from north east of Tun Room (6) and Mash House (5)
26/4/1993
© RCAHMS
![View from south east of Duty Free Warehouse No. 2 (4)](http://i.rcahms.gov.uk/canmore/l/SC02555277.jpg)
![View from south east of rear mass-concrete maltings range (2 and 2A)](http://i.rcahms.gov.uk/canmore/l/SC02555288.jpg)
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View from south east of rear mass-concrete maltings range (2 and 2A)
26/4/1993
© RCAHMS
![View from west north west of Mill Room (5B), Stores (5B), Still House (7) and Boiler House Chimney (36).](http://i.rcahms.gov.uk/canmore/l/SC02555289.jpg)
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View from west north west of Mill Room (5B), Stores (5B), Still House (7) and Boiler House Chimney (36).
26/4/1993
© RCAHMS
![Still House (7). View of spirit safes](http://i.rcahms.gov.uk/canmore/l/SC02555311.jpg)
![Duty Free Warehouse No. 6 (15). General interior view from west, with barrel and ash (wood) rails in foreground](http://i.rcahms.gov.uk/canmore/l/SC02555313.jpg)
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Duty Free Warehouse No. 6 (15). General interior view from west, with barrel and ash (wood) rails in foreground
26/4/1993
© RCAHMS
![Mash House (5), view from W of Mash Tun.
Digital image of C 3866 CN.](http://i.rcahms.gov.uk/canmore/l/SC00732221.jpg)
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Mash House (5), view from W of Mash Tun. Digital image of C 3866 CN.
26/4/1993
© RCAHMS
![View from south west of Duty Free Warehouse No. 6 (15) and Office (15B and 16)](http://i.rcahms.gov.uk/canmore/l/SC02555274.jpg)
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View from south west of Duty Free Warehouse No. 6 (15) and Office (15B and 16)
26/4/1993
© RCAHMS
![View from north east of (L to R) Dark Grain Plant (14) and Barley and Malt Store (19).](http://i.rcahms.gov.uk/canmore/l/SC02555275.jpg)
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View from north east of (L to R) Dark Grain Plant (14) and Barley and Malt Store (19).
26/4/1993
© RCAHMS
![General view of distillery houses from south east (left to right Nos. 26, 22, 23 and 25)](http://i.rcahms.gov.uk/canmore/l/SC02555279.jpg)
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General view of distillery houses from south east (left to right Nos. 26, 22, 23 and 25)
26/4/1993
© RCAHMS
![Mash House (5), view from west of Mash Tun](http://i.rcahms.gov.uk/canmore/l/SC02555297.jpg)
![Kiln (3). Detail of one of two brick-built peat-burning fireboxes beneath kiln. These were used to supplement the flavour of the malt, calor-gas burners (Urquhart of Bristol & London) providing heat for the drying process.](http://i.rcahms.gov.uk/canmore/l/SC02555300.jpg)
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Kiln (3). Detail of one of two brick-built peat-burning fireboxes beneath kiln. These were used to supplement the flavour of the malt, calor-gas burners (Urquhart of Bristol & London) providing heat for the drying process.
26/4/1993
© RCAHMS
![Maltings (1). View of conditioning chambers at south end of range, and part of the Saladin Box system installed in 1964. The Maltings have been disused since 1983.](http://i.rcahms.gov.uk/canmore/l/SC02555301.jpg)
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Maltings (1). View of conditioning chambers at south end of range, and part of the Saladin Box system installed in 1964. The Maltings have been disused since 1983.
26/4/1993
© RCAHMS
![Kiln (3). View from west into kiln (disused since 1983), showing rail-mounted turning machine, and wire mesh floor.](http://i.rcahms.gov.uk/canmore/l/SC02555302.jpg)
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Kiln (3). View from west into kiln (disused since 1983), showing rail-mounted turning machine, and wire mesh floor.
26/4/1993
© RCAHMS
![Still House (7). Elevated view from east of row of six stills](http://i.rcahms.gov.uk/canmore/l/SC02555307.jpg)
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Still House (7). Elevated view from east of row of six stills
26/4/1993
© RCAHMS
![Duty Free Warehouse No. 6 (15). General interior view from west.
Digital image of C 3891.](http://i.rcahms.gov.uk/canmore/l/SC00732220.jpg)
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Duty Free Warehouse No. 6 (15). General interior view from west. Digital image of C 3891.
26/4/1993
© RCAHMS
![Tun Room (6), view from east showing five of six washbacks.
Digital image of C 3863.](http://i.rcahms.gov.uk/canmore/l/SC00732228.jpg)
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Tun Room (6), view from east showing five of six washbacks. Digital image of C 3863.
26/4/1993
© RCAHMS
![Maltings (1). General view from south west of maltings floor, converted to accommodate 4 Saladin Boxes in 1964. This involved the insertion of a new floor and the blocking of all windows. A rail-mounted turning machine is currently in the first box (L) and could be moved to other boxes by traversers at each end. The floor of each box is comprised of steel mesh panels. The malting have been disused since 1983.
Digital image of C 3872.](http://i.rcahms.gov.uk/canmore/l/SC00732230.jpg)
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Maltings (1). General view from south west of maltings floor, converted to accommodate 4 Saladin Boxes in 1964. This involved the insertion of a new floor and the blocking of all windows. A rail-mounted turning machine is currently in the first box (L) and could be moved to other boxes by traversers at each end. The floor of each box is comprised of steel mesh panels. The malting have been disused since 1983. Digital image of C 3872.
26/4/1993
© RCAHMS
![Oblique aerial view of the whisky distillery, taken from the SE.](http://i.rcahms.gov.uk/canmore/l/DP00014990.jpg)
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Oblique aerial view of the whisky distillery, taken from the SE.
RCAHMS Aerial Photography Digital
10/5/2006
© Crown Copyright: HES
![Oblique aerial view of Balmenach whisky distillery, taken from the N.](http://i.rcahms.gov.uk/canmore/l/DP00014992.jpg)
DP 014992
Oblique aerial view of Balmenach whisky distillery, taken from the N.
RCAHMS Aerial Photography Digital
10/5/2006
© Crown Copyright: HES
![Oblique aerial view of the whisky distillery, taken from the SW.](http://i.rcahms.gov.uk/canmore/l/DP00014995.jpg)
DP 014995
Oblique aerial view of the whisky distillery, taken from the SW.
RCAHMS Aerial Photography Digital
10/5/2006
© Crown Copyright: HES
![View from west south west of Duty Free warehouse No. 7 (17) and Custom and Excise Office (21).](http://i.rcahms.gov.uk/canmore/l/SC02555282.jpg)
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View from west south west of Duty Free warehouse No. 7 (17) and Custom and Excise Office (21).
26/4/1993
© RCAHMS
![View from west north west of former Owner's House (42)](http://i.rcahms.gov.uk/canmore/l/SC02555285.jpg)
![View from south south east of Boiler House (9) and Chimney (36)](http://i.rcahms.gov.uk/canmore/l/SC02555295.jpg)
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View from south south east of Boiler House (9) and Chimney (36)
26/4/1993
© RCAHMS
![Still House (7), view of six stills from north west, three nearest are low wine and feints stills, the three futhest away being Wash Stills (all built by either Abercrombie of Alloa or Grant of Dufftown).](http://i.rcahms.gov.uk/canmore/l/SC02555298.jpg)
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Still House (7), view of six stills from north west, three nearest are low wine and feints stills, the three futhest away being Wash Stills (all built by either Abercrombie of Alloa or Grant of Dufftown).
26/4/1993
© RCAHMS
![Boiler House (9) view of three John Thompson Cochrane Ltd Multipac boilers (125 psi), Nos. 1 & 2 first installed in 1971, No. 3 added 1977, all burning oil and replacing coal-fired Lancashire boiler in Still House.](http://i.rcahms.gov.uk/canmore/l/SC02555299.jpg)
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Boiler House (9) view of three John Thompson Cochrane Ltd Multipac boilers (125 psi), Nos. 1 & 2 first installed in 1971, No. 3 added 1977, all burning oil and replacing coal-fired Lancashire boiler in Still House.
26/4/1993
© RCAHMS
![Cooperage (10). View of recmntly stencilled and bar-coded barrels awaiting transfer to Filling Store (8) for filling](http://i.rcahms.gov.uk/canmore/l/SC02555304.jpg)
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Cooperage (10). View of recmntly stencilled and bar-coded barrels awaiting transfer to Filling Store (8) for filling
26/4/1993
© RCAHMS
![Still House (7). Elevated view from east of row of three Low Wines and and Feints and spirit safes](http://i.rcahms.gov.uk/canmore/l/SC02555308.jpg)
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Still House (7). Elevated view from east of row of three Low Wines and and Feints and spirit safes
26/4/1993
© RCAHMS
![Still House (7). Oblique view of spirit safes](http://i.rcahms.gov.uk/canmore/l/SC02555309.jpg)
![Mill Room (5B). Detail of Porteus Patent milling machine](http://i.rcahms.gov.uk/canmore/l/SC02555312.jpg)
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Mill Room (5B). Detail of Porteus Patent milling machine
26/4/1993
© RCAHMS
![View from SE of Duty Free Warehouse No. 1/ Filling Store (8), with empty barrels outside.
Digital image of C 3829 CN.](http://i.rcahms.gov.uk/canmore/s/SC00732226.jpg)
![General view of distillery from south west, taken before the conversion of the maltings and removal of the kiln ventilators in 1964. Photograph inscr; 'Pure Highland Malt Whisky. Balmenach-Glenlivet Distillery Limited Strathspey, N.B. Established 1824.'
Digital image of B 78698.](http://i.rcahms.gov.uk/canmore/s/SC00732356.jpg)
![Oblique aerial view of the whisky distillery, taken from the NE.](http://i.rcahms.gov.uk/canmore/s/DP00014991.jpg)
![View from of Office (16 and 15B) and Duty Free Warehouse No. 6 (15)](http://i.rcahms.gov.uk/canmore/s/SC02555283.jpg)
![View from north of former Maltings (1) and (in background) Mash House (5), Tun Room (6).](http://i.rcahms.gov.uk/canmore/s/SC02555284.jpg)
![Filling Store/Duty Free Warehouse No. 1 (8). Interior view from west, showing barrels awaiting filling](http://i.rcahms.gov.uk/canmore/s/SC02555303.jpg)
![Still House (7). Detailed view of base of Low Wines and Feints Still No. 1 (installed 1961), with other Low Wines Stills in background](http://i.rcahms.gov.uk/canmore/s/SC02555305.jpg)
![Still House (7). Elevated view from east of row of six stills](http://i.rcahms.gov.uk/canmore/s/SC02555306.jpg)
![Balmenach-Glenlivet Distillery
General view from SW with Production facilities in centre of photograph and Bonded warhouses in left background](http://i.rcahms.gov.uk/canmore/s/SC00440446.jpg)
![Still House (7). Elevated view from east of row of three Low Wines and and Feints and spirit safes.
Digital image of C 3885 CN.](http://i.rcahms.gov.uk/canmore/s/SC00732157.jpg)
![Maltings (1). Detail of rail-mounted turning machine currently in the left Saladin box. It was moved to other boxes by traversers at each end of the box. The floor of the box is comprised of steel mesh panels. The maltings have been disused since 1983.
Digital image of C 3873.](http://i.rcahms.gov.uk/canmore/s/SC00732231.jpg)
![View from west north west of Mill Room (5B), Stores (5B), Still House (7) and Boiler House Chimney (36).](http://i.rcahms.gov.uk/canmore/s/SC02555290.jpg)
![View from south east of Effluent Treatment Plant (38)](http://i.rcahms.gov.uk/canmore/s/SC02555292.jpg)
![Still House (7), view of six stills from north west, three nearest are low wine and feints stills, the three futhest away being Wash Stills (all built by either Abercrombie of Alloa or Grant of Dufftown).](http://i.rcahms.gov.uk/canmore/s/SC00357569.jpg)
![Still House (7). View of spirit safes.
Digital image of C 3889 CN.](http://i.rcahms.gov.uk/canmore/s/SC00732218.jpg)
![Cooperage (10). View of recently stencilled and bar-coded barrels awaiting transfer to Filling Store (8) for filling.
Digital image of C 3880 CN.](http://i.rcahms.gov.uk/canmore/s/SC00732219.jpg)
![Steeping tanks (2). View of one of four steeping tanks in which barley was prepared before being spread in the Saladin boxes in the neighbouring Maltings. Disused since 1983.
Digital image of C 3875.](http://i.rcahms.gov.uk/canmore/s/SC00732234.jpg)
![View from east of Duty Free Warehouse No. 1/ Filling Store (8), with empty barrels outside.](http://i.rcahms.gov.uk/canmore/s/SC02555264.jpg)
![General view from east of (L to R) Still House (7), Brewer's Office (29) and the site of the former hydraulic lift](http://i.rcahms.gov.uk/canmore/s/SC02555269.jpg)
![View from south east of former Maltings (1)](http://i.rcahms.gov.uk/canmore/s/SC02555273.jpg)
![View from north east of rear mass-concrete maltings range (2 and 2A)](http://i.rcahms.gov.uk/canmore/s/SC02555287.jpg)
![View from south west of fuel-oil tanks and Boiler House (9)](http://i.rcahms.gov.uk/canmore/s/SC02555293.jpg)
![View from south of Filling Store/ Duty Free Warehouse No. 1 (8) and Still House behind.](http://i.rcahms.gov.uk/canmore/s/SC02555294.jpg)
![Still House (7). Oblique view of spirit safes](http://i.rcahms.gov.uk/canmore/s/SC02555310.jpg)
![View from south west of two distillery houses (27 and 28).
Digital image of C 3841.](http://i.rcahms.gov.uk/canmore/s/SC00732215.jpg)
![Worm Tubs (7B), view of worm tubs of 4 of the 6 stills from west.
Digital image of C 3869.](http://i.rcahms.gov.uk/canmore/s/SC00732229.jpg)
![General view from south east of (L to R) of Filling Store (8), Brewer's Office ( 29), Tun room (6), Mash House (5), and former Maltings (1)](http://i.rcahms.gov.uk/canmore/s/SC00919779.jpg)
![Oblique aerial view of the whisky distillery, taken from the NW.](http://i.rcahms.gov.uk/canmore/s/DP00014993.jpg)
![Balmenach Distillery, NJ02NE 9, Ordnance Survey index card, Recto](http://i.rcahms.gov.uk/canmore/s/SC02368756.jpg)
![View from south east of Duty Free Warehouse No. 1/ Filling Store (8), with empty barrels outside.](http://i.rcahms.gov.uk/canmore/s/SC02555266.jpg)
![View from SE of Tun Room (6) and Mash House (5)](http://i.rcahms.gov.uk/canmore/s/SC02555270.jpg)
![View from north east of Duty free warehouse No. 7 (17)](http://i.rcahms.gov.uk/canmore/s/SC02555280.jpg)
![View from north east of Duty free warehouse No. 7 (17) and area of former railway sidings for distillery.](http://i.rcahms.gov.uk/canmore/s/SC02555281.jpg)
![View from west of Still House (7), with sheet metal flues from Boiler House to chimney in foreground.](http://i.rcahms.gov.uk/canmore/s/SC02555291.jpg)
![Tun Room (6), detail of Washback No. 3 from north](http://i.rcahms.gov.uk/canmore/s/SC02555296.jpg)
![Mash House (5), view from east north east showing control panel, and in background, grist and malt screws to hoppers.
Digital image of C 3864](http://i.rcahms.gov.uk/canmore/s/SC00732214.jpg)
![View from south east of Manager's House (24).
Digital image of C 3844.](http://i.rcahms.gov.uk/canmore/s/SC00732216.jpg)
![Oblique aerial view of the whisky distillery, taken from the SW.](http://i.rcahms.gov.uk/canmore/s/DP00014994.jpg)
![View from south of Cooperage (10)](http://i.rcahms.gov.uk/canmore/s/SC02555268.jpg)
![General view from west of Dark Grain Plant (14) (Disused)](http://i.rcahms.gov.uk/canmore/s/SC02555271.jpg)
![View from east of Duty Free Warehouse No. 6 (15)](http://i.rcahms.gov.uk/canmore/s/SC02555276.jpg)
![View from east of disused railway embankment leading up to distillery](http://i.rcahms.gov.uk/canmore/s/SC02555278.jpg)
![View from east of former Owner's House (42)](http://i.rcahms.gov.uk/canmore/s/SC02555286.jpg)
![Filling Store/Duty Free Warehouse No. 1 (8). View of Spirit Receiver and warehouse Vat from east.
Digital image of C 3877.](http://i.rcahms.gov.uk/canmore/s/SC00732235.jpg)
![View from east of Duty Free Warehouse No. 1/ Filling Store (8), with empty barrels outside.](http://i.rcahms.gov.uk/canmore/s/SC02555265.jpg)
![General view from south east of (L to R) of Filling Store (8), Brewer's Office ( 29), Tun room (6), Mash House (5), and former Maltings (1)](http://i.rcahms.gov.uk/canmore/s/SC02555267.jpg)
![View from north east of Tun Room (6) and Mash House (5)](http://i.rcahms.gov.uk/canmore/s/SC02555272.jpg)
![View from south east of Duty Free Warehouse No. 2 (4)](http://i.rcahms.gov.uk/canmore/s/SC02555277.jpg)
![View from south east of rear mass-concrete maltings range (2 and 2A)](http://i.rcahms.gov.uk/canmore/s/SC02555288.jpg)
![View from west north west of Mill Room (5B), Stores (5B), Still House (7) and Boiler House Chimney (36).](http://i.rcahms.gov.uk/canmore/s/SC02555289.jpg)
![Still House (7). View of spirit safes](http://i.rcahms.gov.uk/canmore/s/SC02555311.jpg)
![Duty Free Warehouse No. 6 (15). General interior view from west, with barrel and ash (wood) rails in foreground](http://i.rcahms.gov.uk/canmore/s/SC02555313.jpg)
![Mash House (5), view from W of Mash Tun.
Digital image of C 3866 CN.](http://i.rcahms.gov.uk/canmore/s/SC00732221.jpg)
![View from south west of Duty Free Warehouse No. 6 (15) and Office (15B and 16)](http://i.rcahms.gov.uk/canmore/s/SC02555274.jpg)
![View from north east of (L to R) Dark Grain Plant (14) and Barley and Malt Store (19).](http://i.rcahms.gov.uk/canmore/s/SC02555275.jpg)
![General view of distillery houses from south east (left to right Nos. 26, 22, 23 and 25)](http://i.rcahms.gov.uk/canmore/s/SC02555279.jpg)
![Mash House (5), view from west of Mash Tun](http://i.rcahms.gov.uk/canmore/s/SC02555297.jpg)
![Kiln (3). Detail of one of two brick-built peat-burning fireboxes beneath kiln. These were used to supplement the flavour of the malt, calor-gas burners (Urquhart of Bristol & London) providing heat for the drying process.](http://i.rcahms.gov.uk/canmore/s/SC02555300.jpg)
![Maltings (1). View of conditioning chambers at south end of range, and part of the Saladin Box system installed in 1964. The Maltings have been disused since 1983.](http://i.rcahms.gov.uk/canmore/s/SC02555301.jpg)
![Kiln (3). View from west into kiln (disused since 1983), showing rail-mounted turning machine, and wire mesh floor.](http://i.rcahms.gov.uk/canmore/s/SC02555302.jpg)
![Still House (7). Elevated view from east of row of six stills](http://i.rcahms.gov.uk/canmore/s/SC02555307.jpg)
![Duty Free Warehouse No. 6 (15). General interior view from west.
Digital image of C 3891.](http://i.rcahms.gov.uk/canmore/s/SC00732220.jpg)
![Tun Room (6), view from east showing five of six washbacks.
Digital image of C 3863.](http://i.rcahms.gov.uk/canmore/s/SC00732228.jpg)
![Maltings (1). General view from south west of maltings floor, converted to accommodate 4 Saladin Boxes in 1964. This involved the insertion of a new floor and the blocking of all windows. A rail-mounted turning machine is currently in the first box (L) and could be moved to other boxes by traversers at each end. The floor of each box is comprised of steel mesh panels. The malting have been disused since 1983.
Digital image of C 3872.](http://i.rcahms.gov.uk/canmore/s/SC00732230.jpg)
![Oblique aerial view of the whisky distillery, taken from the SE.](http://i.rcahms.gov.uk/canmore/s/DP00014990.jpg)
![Oblique aerial view of Balmenach whisky distillery, taken from the N.](http://i.rcahms.gov.uk/canmore/s/DP00014992.jpg)
![Oblique aerial view of the whisky distillery, taken from the SW.](http://i.rcahms.gov.uk/canmore/s/DP00014995.jpg)
![View from west south west of Duty Free warehouse No. 7 (17) and Custom and Excise Office (21).](http://i.rcahms.gov.uk/canmore/s/SC02555282.jpg)
![View from west north west of former Owner's House (42)](http://i.rcahms.gov.uk/canmore/s/SC02555285.jpg)
![View from south south east of Boiler House (9) and Chimney (36)](http://i.rcahms.gov.uk/canmore/s/SC02555295.jpg)
![Still House (7), view of six stills from north west, three nearest are low wine and feints stills, the three futhest away being Wash Stills (all built by either Abercrombie of Alloa or Grant of Dufftown).](http://i.rcahms.gov.uk/canmore/s/SC02555298.jpg)
![Boiler House (9) view of three John Thompson Cochrane Ltd Multipac boilers (125 psi), Nos. 1 & 2 first installed in 1971, No. 3 added 1977, all burning oil and replacing coal-fired Lancashire boiler in Still House.](http://i.rcahms.gov.uk/canmore/s/SC02555299.jpg)
![Cooperage (10). View of recmntly stencilled and bar-coded barrels awaiting transfer to Filling Store (8) for filling](http://i.rcahms.gov.uk/canmore/s/SC02555304.jpg)
![Still House (7). Elevated view from east of row of three Low Wines and and Feints and spirit safes](http://i.rcahms.gov.uk/canmore/s/SC02555308.jpg)
![Still House (7). Oblique view of spirit safes](http://i.rcahms.gov.uk/canmore/s/SC02555309.jpg)
![Mill Room (5B). Detail of Porteus Patent milling machine](http://i.rcahms.gov.uk/canmore/s/SC02555312.jpg)
- Council Highland
- Parish Cromdale, Inverallan And Advie
- Former Region Highland
- Former District Badenoch And Strathspey
- Former County Morayshire
Founded 1824. In 1962 production facilities were increased from four stills to six.
M S Moss and J R Hume 1981.
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