Editing Maggieknockater

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{{Infobox UK place
| official_name                    = Maggieknockater
| gaelic_name                      = Magh an Fhùcadair
| country                          = Scotland
| static_image_name                = Maggieknockater in 2007.jpg
| static_image_caption             = Maggieknockater
| unitary_scotland                 = [[Moray]]
| lieutenancy_scotland             = [[Banffshire]]
| coordinates                      = {{coord|57.49630|N|3.14619|W|region:GB_source:enwiki-osgb36(NJ314457)|display=inline,title}}<!-- Note: WGS84 lat/long, converted from OSGB36 grid ref -->
| os_grid_reference                = NJ317458
| post_town                        = ABERLOUR
| postcode_area                    = AB
| postcode_district                = AB38
| constituency_westminster         = [[Moray (UK Parliament constituency)|Moray]]
| constituency_scottish_parliament = [[Moray (Scottish Parliament constituency)|Moray]]
}}

'''Maggieknockater''' ({{langx|gd|Magh an Fhùcadair}}, meaning "field of the fuller" or "plain of the hilly ridge") is a hamlet on the [[A95 road]] between Craigellachie and Mulben in Scotland in the [[Moray]] [[council area]], in the [[Shires of Scotland|county]] of [[Banffshire]].

Until the early 1970s there was large [[apiary]] which was well known in the region and has lived on in the [[Scottish country dance]] "The Bees of Maggieknockater".<ref>{{cite web |url=http://my.strathspey.org/dd/dance/445/ |title=Dance: The Bees of Maggieknockater |author=John Drewry |year=1975}}</ref> At nearby [[Gauldwell Castle]] (now only with one partial wall left standing), [[Mary, Queen of Scots]] is reputed to have spent the night.  The school was closed in the 1960s and the chapel was turned into a home in the early 1970s.  What was once a [[Forge|smithy]] is now a garage still in the hands of the Maclean family.  Maggieknockater formerly had a [[post office]]; it opened in June 1876 and closed in 1940.<ref>Mackay, James A. (1989) ''Scottish Post Offices'', p. 89. Dumfries: published by the author, {{ISBN|0-906440-48-3}}</ref>

Maggieknockater is situated in the heart of [[Scotland's Malt Whisky Trail]], situated less than {{convert|4|mi}} from [[Dufftown]], home of the world-famous [[Glenfiddich|Glenfiddich Distillery]].

Less than {{convert|2|mi|0}} heading east along the A95 from Maggieknockater is the site for Moray's most demanding{{citation needed|date=May 2020}} [[mountain biking]] trails, "The Moray Monster Trails". The trails were regenerated and improved during 2005 and 2006.

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{{Moray places}}

[[Category:Villages in Moray]]
[[Category:Hamlets in Scotland]]


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