The River Fiddich ( gd, Fiodhach / Abhainn Fhiodhaich) is a right bank tributary of the River Spey in northeast Scotland. It rises on the eastern slopes of Corriehabbie Hill in Glenfiddich Forest and flows northeastwards beneath the A941 road, past Auchindoun Castle to a sharp bend adjacent to the

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where it turns westwards to flow to Dufftown. The Fiddich is joined on the eastern edge of the town by the Dullan Water which drains

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. Their combined waters then flow generally northwestwards, passing beneath the

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and then the A95 at Craigellachie immediately before meeting the Spey. The headwaters of the Dullan Water, the Burn of Favat and the Corryhabbie Burn, meet at Milltown of Laggan before flowing as the Dullan, northeastwards to Dufftown. There are distilleries adjacent to both rivers, notably that producing Glenfiddich whisky.

Etymology

The name derives from that of an ancient province of Pictland by the name of ''Fidach''. ''Fida'' may have been a pre- Gaelic personal name.Ross, D. 2001 ''Scottish Place-names'', Birlinn, Edinburgh

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