Kirkhill
Kirkhill is a small village and civil parish in the Highland council area of Scotland. It is 10 miles west of Inverness and 2 miles southeast of Beauly, close to the south opening of the Beauly Firth.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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- Type: Village with 740 residents
- Description: village in Highland, Scotland, UK
- Also known as: “Kirkhill, Highland”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Achnagairn House and Moniack Castle.
Moniack Castle
Castle
Photo: Dave Napier, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Moniack Castle is a 16th-century tower house located 7 miles west of Inverness, and just south of Beauly in Highland, Scotland. The castle was built in 1580 by members of the Clan Fraser. The castle is protected as a category B listed building.
Beauly railway station
Railway station
Photo: Sexy Simon, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Beauly railway station is a railway station in the village of Beauly, in the Highland council area of Scotland. Located on the Far North Line, it is 10 miles 12 chains down the line from Inverness, and is the first intermediate station on the line, before reaching Muir of Ord. Beauly railway station is situated 2 miles west of Kirkhill.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Inchmore and Lentran.
Inchmore
Village
Photo: John Allan, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Inchmore in the Highland council area of Scotland, just south of the Beauly Firth. It is 0.9 miles southeast southeast of the village of Kirkhill and 6.2 miles west of Inverness.
Lentran
Hamlet
Photo: Craig Wallace, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Lentran is a small hamlet in the Highland council area of Scotland. It is 1.8 miles east of Kirkhill and 5 miles west of Inverness, on the south shore of the Beauly Firth. Lentran is situated 1½ miles east of Kirkhill.
Beauly
Town
Photo: Alan Jamieson, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Beauly is a village in Scotland's Highland area, on the River Beauly, 12 miles west of Inverness by the Far North railway line. The town is historically within Kilmorack Parish of the County of Inverness. Beauly is situated 2 miles west of Kirkhill.
Kirkhill
- Category: locality
- Location: Highland Council, Scotland, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
57.47728° or 57° 28′ 38″ northLongitude
-4.41232° or 4° 24′ 44″ westPopulation
740Elevation
148 feet (45 metres)Open location code
9C9QFHGQ+W3OpenStreetMap ID
node 462012290OpenStreetMap feature
place=villageGeoNames ID
2645272Wikidata ID
Q1810528
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Basque to Swedish—“Kirkhill” goes by many names.
- Basque: “Kirkhill”
- Dutch: “Kirkhill”
- Irish: “Cnoc Mhoire”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Kirkhill”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Kirkhill”
- Norwegian: “Kirkhill”
- Spanish: “Kirkhill”
- Swedish: “Kirkhill”
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Localities in the Area
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Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Kirkhill Community Park and Kirkhill Community Centre.
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About Mapcarta. Data © OpenStreetMap contributors and available under the Open Database License". Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikipedia page “Kirkhill”. Photo: Dave Fergusson, CC BY-SA 2.0.