Site of former Banff Distillery
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Site of former Banff Distillery
Image: © Anne Burgess Taken: 24 Feb 2011
According to the Victorian six-inch map, the Banff Distillery stood here, not where the nearest buildings are, but on the other side of the Burn of Boyndie, where the piles of rubble now lie. It was one of many distilleries built soon after the law on distilling was revised in 1823, and was rebuilt on a new site in 1863, and then again on a more modern plan after being burned down in 1877. It was conveniently sited next to the Great North of Scotland Railway, and had its own siding, the Boyndie Siding. Its three pot stills, one wash still and two low wines stills produced almost 200,000 gallons of Highland malt annually. The whole area looks overripe for redevelopment.
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Image Location
Latitude
57.66752
Longitude
-2.559682