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Tomintoul from Scottish Gaelic: Tom an t-Sabhail, meaning "Hillock of the Barn") is a village in the Moray council area of Scotland; until 1975 it was in the county of Banffshire.
It is said to be the highest village in the Scottish Highlands, but at 345 m is still much lower than the highest village in Scotland (Wanlockhead, in Dumfries and Galloway). It is near the headwaters of the Avon Water.
The village was laid out on a grid pattern by the 4th Duke of Gordon in 1775. It followed the construction, twenty years previously, of a military road by William Caulfeild – now the A939. By 1841 the parish reached a population of 1,722.
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Die II 1d Reds Plate R2 strip PJ-PL used in TOMINTOUL
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