Strathglass

Strathglass is a strath or wide and shallow valley in the Northwest Highlands of Scotland down which runs the meandering River Glass from the point at which it starts at the confluence of the River Affric and Abhainn Deabhag to the point where, on joining with the River Farrar at Struy, where the combined waters become the River Beauly.

Type: Valley with an elevation of 689 feet
Description: valley of the River Glass, in Highland, Scotland, UK
Also known as: “Strath Glass”

Places of Interest

Highlights include Corrimony chambered cairn and Mony’s Stone.

Corrimony chambered cairn

Archaeological site

Photo: Mike Peel, CC BY-SA 4.0.

The Corrimony chambered cairn, located near the village of Glen Urquhart in the Highlands of Scotland, is a well-preserved Bronze Age burial monument belonging to the group of circular chambered cairns, known as Clava cairns.

Mony’s Stone

Archaeological site

Photo: Mike Pennington, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Mony’s Stone is an archaeological site.

Corrimony Falls

Waterfall

Photo: IainMac, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Corrimony Falls is a waterfall on the River Enrick, near Corrimony in Glenurquhart, in the Highland council area of Scotland. It is a local tourist attraction in the spring and summer. Corrimony Falls is situated 2 miles south of Strathglass.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Corrimony and Cannich.

Corrimony

Hamlet

Photo: Gordon Brown, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Corrimony is a small village at the western end of Glenurquhart, in Inverness-shire, in the Highlands of Scotland, now within Highland council area. It is 13 km west of Drumnadrochit, and 32 km south-west of Inverness. Corrimony is situated 1½ miles southeast of Strathglass.

Cannich

Village

Photo: Alasdair MacDonald, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Cannich is a village at the southern end of Strathglass, in the Highlands of Scotland, about 26 miles west of the city of Inverness. It is at the furthest point of the A831 that loops around the Aird from Beauly to Drumnadrochit. Cannich is situated 2 miles west of Strathglass.

Tomich

Village

Photo: SylviaStanley, CC BY-SA 4.0.

Tomich is a Victorian model village and is a conservation area situated in the Highlands at the western end of Strathglass, approximately 30 miles from Inverness. Tomich is situated 4½ miles southwest of Strathglass.

Strathglass

Category: landform
Location: Highland Council, Scotland, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude

57.35° or 57° 21′ north

Longitude

-4.71667° or 4° 43′ west

Elevation

689 feet (210 metres)

Open location code

9C9Q87XM+X8

GeoNames ID

2648569

Wikidata ID

Q24643759

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In Other Languages

From Cebuano to Swedish—“Strathglass” goes by many names.

Cebuano: “Strath Glass”
Hausa: “Strathglass”
Swedish: “Strath Glass”

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