Dufftown, Balvenie Distillery
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.
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SC 1674899
Oblique aerial view.
RCAHMS Aerial Photography
14/6/1994
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SC 2552341
General view from S of approach to distillery, with Warehouse No 21 (right) and main distillery buildings in distance.
Records of the Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments of Scotland (RCAHMS), Edinbu
1994
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SC 2552344
View from SE of Maltings and Kiln.
Records of the Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments of Scotland (RCAHMS), Edinbu
1994
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View from SE of Maltings and Kiln.
Records of the Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments of Scotland (RCAHMS), Edinbu
1994
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View from NE of building adjacent to distillery reservoir.
Records of the Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments of Scotland (RCAHMS), Edinbu
1994
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General view from NNE of Carton Store and Warehouse No 21.
Records of the Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments of Scotland (RCAHMS), Edinbu
1994
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View from S showing (L to R) Maltings, Kiln, Mash House and Still House.
Records of the Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments of Scotland (RCAHMS), Edinbu
1994
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SC 727519
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/CN
1994
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SC 1825152
Balvenie Mains (Balvenie Distillery), Dufftown, Mortlach Parish, Moray, Grampian
Scottish Development Department
26/7/1985
© Crown Copyright: HES (Scottish Development Department)
SC 2015265
Balvenie Castle, Armorial Panels and Views for Guidebook
Historic Scotland Photographic Library
1/1979
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SC 2015266
Balvenie Castle, Armorial Panels and Views for Guidebook
Historic Scotland Photographic Library
1/1979
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SC 2371128
Dufftown, Balvenie Distillery, NJ34SW 11, Ordnance Survey index card, Recto
Records of the Ordnance Survey, Southampton, Hampshire, England
c. 1958
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SC 2552334
Interior. View of Maltings from S end of upper floor (barley loft), showing W bay, and stocks of barley.
Records of the Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments of Scotland (RCAHMS), Edinbu
1994
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SC 2552357
Distant view from NE of building adjacent to Distillery farm building.
Records of the Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments of Scotland (RCAHMS), Edinbu
1994
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SC 2552359
General view from NW of Warehouses Nos 20 & 25.
Records of the Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments of Scotland (RCAHMS), Edinbu
1994
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View of Maltings from SSW.
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1994
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View from NW of Warehouse No 24 and Kiln.
Records of the Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments of Scotland (RCAHMS), Edinbu
1994
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SC 1438677
Balvenie Castle, Dufftown Mortlach, Banff, Scotland. Oblique aerial photograph taken facing North.
Aero Pictorial
22/7/1959
© Courtesy of HES (Aero Pictorial Collection)
SC 2552278
Itemised plan of Balvenie, Glenfiddich and Kininvie Distilleries.
1994
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Interior. View of kiln at ground floor level of kiln firebox and invert.
Records of the Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments of Scotland (RCAHMS), Edinbu
1994
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SC 2552346
View from NW of Maltings and Kiln.
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1994
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SC 2552354
View of Distillery farm building.
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1994
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SC 2552363
View from SW of Warehouses Nos 33 & 32.
Records of the Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments of Scotland (RCAHMS), Edinbu
1994
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SC 1674900
Oblique aerial view.
RCAHMS Aerial Photography
14/6/1994
© Crown Copyright: HES
SC 2015268
Balvenie Castle, Armorial Panels and Views for Guidebook
Historic Scotland Photographic Library
1/1979
© Crown Copyright: HES
SC 2552342
General view from S of main processing buildings of distillery, with (L to R) Maltings and Kiln, Mash House and Still House.
Records of the Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments of Scotland (RCAHMS), Edinbu
1994
© Crown Copyright: HES
SC 2552343
General view from S of main processing buildings of distillery, with (L to R) Maltings and Kiln, Mash House and Still House.
Records of the Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments of Scotland (RCAHMS), Edinbu
1994
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SC 2552352
General view from SW of large Warehouses Nos 32, with 31, 30 and 29 in distance.
Records of the Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments of Scotland (RCAHMS), Edinbu
1994
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SC 2552353
Detail of steel railway bridge (made by James Abernethy of Aberdeen) taking road between Balvernie and Glenfiddich Distilleries under railway.
Records of the Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments of Scotland (RCAHMS), Edinbu
1994
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SC 2552364
General view from NW along side of Warehouse No 33, looking towards distillery.
Records of the Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments of Scotland (RCAHMS), Edinbu
1994
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SC 1438675
Convalmore, Glenlivet Distillery, Dufftown Mortlach, Banff, Scotland. Oblique aerial photograph taken facing North. This image was marked by AeroPictorial Ltd for photo editing.
Aero Pictorial
22/7/1959
© Courtesy of HES (Aero Pictorial Collection)
SC 2552336
Interior. View of kiln at ground floor level of firebox at bottom of invert.
Records of the Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments of Scotland (RCAHMS), Edinbu
1994
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SC 2552338
Interior. View of still Houseshowing spirit stills numbers 3 & 4.
Records of the Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments of Scotland (RCAHMS), Edinbu
1994
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SC 2552350
General view from NNW of Maltings, Kiln and Warehouse No 24.
Records of the Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments of Scotland (RCAHMS), Edinbu
1994
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SC 440618
Balvenie Distillery General view from SW
Papers of Professor John R Hume, economic and industrial historian, Glasgow, Scotland
19/5/1974
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SC 727517
Maltings: 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 C24179
1994
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Kiln: view from S of kiln floor, covered with recently malted barley, being dried by fire fuelled by anthracite and peat (below) Digital image of C24180
1994
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SC 1825151
Balvenie Mains (Balvenie Distillery), Dufftown, Mortlach Parish, Moray, Grampian
Scottish Development Department
26/7/1985
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SC 2552335
Interior. View of Maltings from NW with barley laid out on ground floor for malting.
Records of the Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments of Scotland (RCAHMS), Edinbu
1994
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SC 2552348
View from WNW of N end of Maltings, Kiln (with peat and anthracite bunkers) and Warehouse No 24.
Records of the Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments of Scotland (RCAHMS), Edinbu
1994
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SC 2552356
View of main group of distillery buildings from S.
Records of the Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments of Scotland (RCAHMS), Edinbu
1994
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SC 440615
View from NW showing bulk malt store and Balvenie Distillery in background.
Papers of Professor John R Hume, economic and industrial historian, Glasgow, Scotland
19/5/1974
© Copyright: HES (Reproduced courtesy of J R Hume)
SC 2015267
Balvenie Castle, Armorial Panels and Views for Guidebook
Historic Scotland Photographic Library
1/1979
© Crown Copyright: HES
DP 341200
Distant oblique aerial view of Dufftown, Moray, looking SE.
Papers of James Sloan Bone, landscape historian, Inverness, Highland, Scotland
2/3/2008
© Copyright: NOSAS (James S Bone Collection). Courtesy of HES.
SC 2371129
Dufftown, Balvenie Distillery, NJ34SW 11, Ordnance Survey index card, Recto
Records of the Ordnance Survey, Southampton, Hampshire, England
c. 1958
© Crown Copyright: HES (Ordnance Survey Archaeology Division)
SC 2552332
Interior. View of Maltings from S of upper floor (barley loft), showing cast-iron columns between 2 bays, and stocks of barley.
Records of the Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments of Scotland (RCAHMS), Edinbu
1994
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SC 2552333
Interior. View of Maltings: view from S end of upper floor (barley loft), showing cast-iron columns between 2 bays, and stocks of barley.
Records of the Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments of Scotland (RCAHMS), Edinbu
1994
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SC 2552339
Interior. View of Still House showing main row of 4 wash and 2 spirit stills.
Records of the Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments of Scotland (RCAHMS), Edinbu
1994
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View from WNW of N end of Maltings, Kiln (with peat and anthracite bunkers) and Warehouse No 24.
Records of the Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments of Scotland (RCAHMS), Edinbu
1994
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SC 340713
Interior. General view of still showing charchteristic 'Balvenie ball'.
© RCAHMS
SC 1438676
Convalmore, Glenlivet Distillery, Dufftown Mortlach, Banff, Scotland. Oblique aerial photograph taken facing West. This image was marked by AeroPictorial Ltd for photo editing.
Aero Pictorial
22/7/1959
© Courtesy of HES (Aero Pictorial Collection)
SC 1825153
Balvenie Mains (Balvenie Distillery), Dufftown, Mortlach parish, Moray, Grampian
Scottish Development Department
26/7/1985
© Crown Copyright: HES (Scottish Development Department)
SC 2015264
Balvenie Castle, Armorial Panels and Views for Guidebook
Historic Scotland Photographic Library
1/1979
© Crown Copyright: HES
DP 341199
Oblique aerial view of Dufftown, looking S.
Papers of James Sloan Bone, landscape historian, Inverness, Highland, Scotland
2/3/2008
© Copyright: NOSAS (James S Bone Collection). Courtesy of HES.
SC 2552340
General view from S of approach to distillery, with Warehouse No 21 (right) and main distillery buildings in distance.
Records of the Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments of Scotland (RCAHMS), Edinbu
1994
© Crown Copyright: HES
SC 2552349
General view from NNW of Maltings, Kiln and Warehouse No 24.
Records of the Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments of Scotland (RCAHMS), Edinbu
1994
© Crown Copyright: HES
SC 2552351
General view from NW of distillery.
Records of the Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments of Scotland (RCAHMS), Edinbu
1994
© Crown Copyright: HES
- Council Moray
- Parish Mortlach
- Former Region Grampian
- Former District Moray
- Former County Banffshire
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.
