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Distillery (Period Unassigned)

Site Name Dufftown, Balvenie Distillery

Classification Distillery (Period Unassigned)

Alternative Name(s) Dufftown, Glenlivet Distillery; Balvenie-glenlivet Distillery

Canmore ID 16853

Site Number NJ34SW 11

NGR NJ 3247 4147

NGR Description Centred NJ 3247 4147

Datum OSGB36 - NGR

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Oblique aerial view.Aerial view.Oblique aerial view.General view from S of approach to distillery, with Warehouse No 21 (right) and main distillery buildings in distance.View from SE of Maltings and Kiln.View from SE of Maltings and Kiln.View from NE of building adjacent to distillery reservoir.General view from NNE of Carton Store and Warehouse No 21.View from S showing (L to R) Maltings, Kiln, Mash House and Still House.General view of distillery complex with dam in foreground.Kiln: view from NNW at ground floor level of firebox at bottom of invert, in which anthracite and peat are used as fuel Digital image of C24183/CNAerial view.Balvenie Mains (Balvenie Distillery), Dufftown, Mortlach Parish, Moray, GrampianBalvenie Castle, Armorial Panels and Views for GuidebookBalvenie Castle, Armorial Panels and Views for GuidebookDufftown, Balvenie Distillery, NJ34SW 11, Ordnance Survey index card, RectoInterior. View of still house.Interior. View of Maltings from S end of upper floor (barley loft), showing W bay, and stocks of barley.Distant view from NE of building adjacent to Distillery farm building.General view from NW of Warehouses Nos 20 & 25.View of Maltings from SSW.View from NW of Warehouse No 24 and Kiln.Balvenie Castle, Dufftown Mortlach, Banff, Scotland. Oblique aerial photograph taken facing North. Aerial view.Aerial view.Interior. View of still.Itemised plan of Balvenie, Glenfiddich and Kininvie Distilleries.Interior. View of kiln at ground floor level of kiln firebox and invert.View from NW of Maltings and Kiln.View of Distillery farm building.View from SW of Warehouses Nos 33 & 32.Oblique aerial view.Oblique aerial view.Aerial view.Balvenie Castle, Armorial Panels and Views for GuidebookGeneral view from S of main processing buildings of distillery, with (L to R) Maltings and Kiln, Mash House and Still House.General view from S of main processing buildings of distillery, with (L to R) Maltings and Kiln, Mash House and Still House.General view from SW of large Warehouses Nos 32, with 31, 30 and 29 in distance.Detail of steel railway bridge (made by James Abernethy of Aberdeen) taking road between Balvernie and Glenfiddich Distilleries under railway.General view from NW along side of Warehouse No 33, looking towards distillery.Convalmore, Glenlivet Distillery, Dufftown Mortlach, Banff, Scotland. Oblique aerial photograph taken facing North. This image was marked by AeroPictorial Ltd for photo editing.Aerial view.Aerial view.Interior. View of kiln at ground floor level of firebox at bottom of invert.Interior. View of still Houseshowing spirit stills numbers 3 & 4.General view from NNW of Maltings, Kiln and Warehouse No 24.Balvenie Distillery General view from SWMaltings: view from E of fabrictaed cast-iron steeping tank full of barley and water at S end of upper floor (barley loft) Digital image of C24179Kiln: view from S of kiln floor, covered with recently malted barley, being dried by fire fuelled by anthracite and peat (below) Digital image of C24180Balvenie Mains (Balvenie Distillery), Dufftown, Mortlach Parish, Moray, GrampianInterior. View of Maltings from NW with barley laid out on ground floor for malting.View from WNW of N end of Maltings, Kiln (with peat and anthracite bunkers) and Warehouse No 24.View of main group of distillery buildings from S.Interior. Detail of still man-door.View from NW showing bulk malt store and Balvenie Distillery in background.Aerial view.Aerial view.Balvenie Castle, Armorial Panels and Views for GuidebookDistant oblique aerial view of Dufftown, Moray, looking SE.Dufftown, Balvenie Distillery, NJ34SW 11, Ordnance Survey index card, RectoInterior. Detail of still man-door.Interior. View of Maltings from S of upper floor (barley loft), showing cast-iron columns between 2 bays, and stocks of barley.Interior. View of Maltings: view from S end of upper floor (barley loft), showing cast-iron columns between 2 bays, and stocks of barley.Interior. View of Still House showing main row of 4 wash and 2 spirit stills.View from WNW of N end of Maltings, Kiln (with peat and anthracite bunkers) and Warehouse No 24.Interior. General view of still showing charchteristic 'Balvenie ball'.Convalmore, Glenlivet Distillery, Dufftown Mortlach, Banff, Scotland. Oblique aerial photograph taken facing West. This image was marked by AeroPictorial Ltd for photo editing.Aerial view.Aerial view.Balvenie Mains (Balvenie Distillery), Dufftown, Mortlach parish, Moray, GrampianBalvenie Castle, Armorial Panels and Views for GuidebookOblique aerial view of Dufftown, looking S.General view from S of approach to distillery, with Warehouse No 21 (right) and main distillery buildings in distance.General view from NNW of Maltings, Kiln and Warehouse No 24.General view from NW of distillery.

Administrative Areas

  • Council Moray
  • Parish Mortlach
  • Former Region Grampian
  • Former District Moray
  • Former County Banffshire

Archaeology Notes

NJ34SW 11.00 centred 3247 4147

NJ34SW 11.01 NJ 321 415 Kininvie Distillery

Not to be confused with Glenlivet Distillery (NJ 195 290), for which see NJ12NE 9.

(Location cited as NJ 324 414). Balvenie Distillery, founded 1890 by William Grant. Includes a 2-storey, 10-bay block of maltings with a kiln.

J R Hume 1977.

Air photographs: AAS/97/06/G12/5-10.

NMRS, MS/712/29.

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