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MORAY’S HERITAGE
Moray offers a microcosm of the very best of Scotland: rich lowland farming;
a necklace of quiet beaches, cliffs, crags and fishing villages; rolling hills
and powerful salmon rivers; and the Cairngorm mountains.
Moray was once a centre of Pictland, it was brushed by the Romans and became
the country of Macbeth. At Elgin was Scotland’s most beautiful cathedral.
In the Middle Ages Moray was a power unto itself, able to influence the whole
of Scotland. Later came the tower houses and classical mansions, the planned
towns and villages, the gleaming pagodas of the world’s leading whisky
distilleries and the zulus, drifters and trawlers of the fishing communities.
Moray has a character and heritage of its own and has played an important
part in the shaping of our nation.
The Local Heritage Centre at East End School,
Institution Road, Elgin, holds a comprehensive
range of unique materials about Moray’s rich past.
Books - over 8000 titles.
Pamphlets.
Newspapers - back files of all local newspapers from 1827 to date.
Maps and Estate plans.
Photographs - over 20,000 images from 1860 to the present day.
Architects’ Plans - including the Doig Collection of distillery
plans and Wittet collection of local buildings designed between 1810 and 1960.
Archives - from medieval to modern times.
Genealogical records.
Find out more of the story of Moray
Much of the collection is indexed on Moray’s own public access computer
index - soon to be available on-line.
Photocopier, microfilm printer and public fax services are available and a
search service can be provided.
More details about
visitors services and charges
For further information contact:
The Local Heritage Officer,
East End School,
Institution Road,
Elgin, Moray,
IV30 1RP.
Tel: 01343 569011
Fax: 01343 549050
Email: heritage@moray.gov.uk