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57.27 ° N 3.09 ° W
In 1817 James Duff, 4th Earl of Fife founded Dufftown or Balvenie as it was
originally named close to the small hamlet of Laichie
to give employment after the Napoleonic wars.
Like other new villages of the period Dufftown (pronounced "Dufton")
has spacious streets laid out in a regular plan. It is situated
where the rivers Fiddich and Dullan meet on their way to the Spey
and is surrounded by seven distilleries, among them
Pittyvaich,
Dufftown,
Glendullan,
Glenfiddich,
Convalmore and
Mortlach
![[Mortlach Church]](../pictures/mortchur.gif)
![[TOWN PLAN]](../maps/dufftown.gif)