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.
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 conservation village situated in the Scottish 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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In Other Languages
From Cebuano to Swedish—“Strathglass” goes by many names.
- Cebuano: “Strath Glass”
- Swedish: “Strath Glass”
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