Glenmoriston
Glenmoriston or Glen Moriston is a river glen in the Scottish Highlands, that runs from Loch Ness, at the village of Invermoriston, westwards to Loch Cluanie, where it meets with Glen Shiel.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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- Type: Valley with an elevation of 656 feet
- Description: glen in Highland, Scotland, UK
- Also known as: “Glen Moriston”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Cherry Island and Crannog on Cherry Island, Inchnacardoch Bay, Loch Ness.
Cherry Island
Islet
Photo: Des Colhoun, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Loch Ness is a large freshwater loch in the Scottish Highlands. It takes its name from the River Ness, which flows from the northern end. Loch Ness is best known for claimed sightings of the cryptozoological Loch Ness Monster, also known affectionately as "Nessie".
Crannog on Cherry Island, Inchnacardoch Bay, Loch Ness
Archaeological site
Photo: Nilfanion, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Crannog on Cherry Island, Inchnacardoch Bay, Loch Ness is an archaeological site.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Fort Augustus and Invermoriston.
Fort Augustus
Photo: Leandro Neumann Ciuffo, CC BY 2.0.
Fort Augustus is a village in The Great Glen, the fault line that traverses the Scottish Highlands. It's at the south end of Loch Ness, midway between Fort William and Inverness, and in 2023 had a population of about 650.
Invermoriston
Village
Photo: Lis Burke, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Invermoriston is a small village 11 kilometres north of Fort Augustus, Highland, Scotland. The village is on the A82 road, at a junction with the A887. Invermoriston is situated 4 miles northeast of Glenmoriston.
Achnaconeran
Hamlet
Achnaconeran is a remote crofting settlement in the Inverness committee area of Highland and is in the Scottish council area of Highland. Achnaconeran is on the northern bank of Loch Ness about 22 miles south-west from Inverness and 6 miles north-east from Fort Augustus. Achnaconeran is situated 4½ miles north of Glenmoriston.
Glenmoriston
- Categories: glen and landform
- Location: Highland Council, Scotland, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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In Other Languages
From Cebuano to Swedish—“Glenmoriston” goes by many names.
- Cebuano: “Glen Moriston”
- Dutch: “Glenmoriston”
- French: “Glenmoriston”
- Irish: “Gleann Moireasdan”
- Polish: “Glenmoriston”
- Scottish Gaelic: “Gleann Mhoireasdan”
- Scottish Gaelic: “Gleann Mhoireastan”
- Swedish: “Glen Moriston”
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