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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 in and is 1 mile north of and 13 mi west of .
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Photo: Duncan David McColl, CC BY-SA 2.0.
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  • 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 Kilmorack Gallery and Beauly railway station.

Art gallery
reuses a converted church building for its exhibitions, in a rural location near in , . It was established as a commercial gallery in 1997 after the building was purchased by art dealer Tony Davidson, believing that inspirational art could sit in an inspirational building just as well as in a white cube.

Railway station
Photo: Sexy Simon, CC BY-SA 4.0.
is a railway station in the village of , in the council area of . Located on the Far North Line, it is 10 miles 12 chains down the line from , and is the first intermediate station on the line, before reaching . is situated 2 miles northeast of Beaufort Castle.

Industrial building
Photo: Dg-505, CC BY 3.0.
is an industrial building.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Kiltarlity and Kilmorack.

Village
Photo: Jennifer Jones, CC BY-SA 2.0.
is a small village in the council area of . It is 12 miles west of and 2+1⁄2 miles south of , on the south bank of the Bruiach Burn.

Village
Photo: Stanley Howe, CC BY-SA 2.0.
is a small hamlet in , in the of and now in the Highland Council area. It is situated on the north bank of the River Beauly, three miles west of and 15 miles west of the city of .

Hamlet
Photo: J M Briscoe, CC BY-SA 2.0.
is a hamlet, which is situated 2½ miles north of Beaufort Castle.

Beaufort Castle

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
way 106327986
Open­Street­Map feature
building=­castle
Open­Street­Map feature
historic=­castle
Geo­Names ID
2656081
Wiki­data ID
Q2757635
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In Other Languages

From Armenian to Swedish—“Beaufort Castle” goes by many names.

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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 “Beaufort Castle”. Photo: Duncan David McColl, CC BY-SA 2.0.