Mosstodloch ( gd, Mos Tudlach) is a small village in
Moray
Moray () gd, Moireibh or ') is one of the 32 local government council areas of Scotland. It lies in the north-east of the country, with a coastline on the Moray Firth, and borders the council areas of Aberdeenshire and Highland.
Between 1975 ...
, Scotland, lying near the
A96 between
Fochabers and
Elgin
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on the west bank of the
River Spey.
The village was served by
Balnacoul Halt railway station
Balnacoul Halt railway station served the village of Mosstodloch, Moray, Scotland from 1893 to 1931 on the Inverness and Aberdeen Junction Railway.
History
The station opened as Balnacoul Platform on 23 October 1893 by the Highland Railway
...
from 1893 to 1931.
Education
It has a
primary school, Mosstodloch Primary School, which has 161 pupils. The school was built in 1968, and in February 2012, a campaign was underway to build a new school building. Its
secondary
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pupils usually attend
Milne's High School in
Fochabers.
Current events
Construction work on a bypass for Mosstodloch and the neighbouring village of
Fochabers, costing £31.5m, started in February 2010 and the Mosstodloch section opened on 27 September 2011. The Fochabers section opened in January 2012. The project was significantly delayed due to conflict regarding the proposed route, and discovery of a Neolithic settlement on the site of the bypass, at Coul Brae, Mosstodloch.
The village also fields a team, Mosstodloch FC in the local welfare league.
References
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Villages in Moray