Beaufort Castle
Beaufort Castle or Castle Dounie is a baronial style mansion built in 1880 and incorporating older building work. It is situated on the right bank of the River Beauly near the town of Beauly in Inverness-shire and is 1 mile north of Kiltarlity and 13 mi west of Inverness.- Access is restricted and requires permission.
- Type: Castle
- Description: castle near Beauly in Inverness-shire, northern Scotland
- Also known as: “Beaufort Castle, Scotland” and “Castle Dounie”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Beauly railway station and Kilmorack Power Station and Dam.
Beauly railway station
Railway station
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 northeast of Beaufort Castle.
Kilmorack Power Station and Dam
Industrial building
Kilmorack Power Station and Dam is an industrial building.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Kiltarlity and Belladrum.
Kiltarlity
Village
Kiltarlity is a small village in the Highland council area of Scotland. It is 12 miles west of Inverness and 2+1⁄2 miles south of Beauly, on the south bank of the Bruiach Burn.
Belladrum
Hamlet
Belladrum is a small settlement in the Highland council area of Scotland. It is about 0.9 miles east of the village of Kiltarlity, and 9 miles of Inverness.
Kilmorack
Village
Kilmorack is a small hamlet in Inverness-shire, in the Highlands of Scotland and now in the Highland Council area. It is situated on the north bank of the River Beauly, three miles west of Beauly and 15 miles west of the city of Inverness.
Beaufort Castle
- Categories: building and historic site
- Location: Highland Council, Scotland, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
57.45279° or 57° 27′ 10″ north
Longitude
-4.49042° or 4° 29′ 26″ west
Elevation
102 feet (31 metres)
Open location code
9C9QFG35+4R
OpenStreetMap ID
OpenStreetMap feature
building=castle
OpenStreetMap feature
historic=castle
GeoNames ID
Wikidata ID
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Armenian to Turkish—“Beaufort Castle” goes by many names.
- Armenian: “Բյուֆորտ ամրոց”
- Catalan: “Castell de Beaufort”
- Dutch: “Beaufort Castle”
- French: “château de Beaufort”
- French: “Château de Beaufort”
- German: “Beaufort Castle”
- Hebrew: “טירת ביופורט”
- Portuguese: “Castelo de Beaufort”
- Russian: “замок Бофорт”
- Russian: “Замок Бофорт”
- Spanish: “Castillo de Beaufort”
- Swedish: “Beaufort Castle”
- Turkish: “Beaufort Kalesi”
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