Beauly Priory
Beauly Priory was a Valliscaulian monastic community located at "Insula de Achenbady", now Beauly, Inverness-shire. It was probably founded in 1230. It is not known for certain who the founder was, different sources giving Alexander II of Scotland, John Byset, and both.Photo: Bubobubo2, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Photo: Victuallers, CC BY-SA 4.0.
- Type: Building
- Description: monastery in Highland, Scotland, UK
- Also known as: “Beauly Priory,priory and burial ground”
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Beauly Library and Beauly railway station.
Beauly Library
Library
Photo: Victuallers, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Beauly Library is situated 1,200 feet southwest of Beauly Priory.
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 3,300 feet southwest of Beauly Priory.
Muir of Ord railway station
Railway station
Photo: Chris Heaton, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Muir of Ord railway station is a railway station on the Kyle of Lochalsh Line and the Far North Line, serving the village of Muir of Ord in the Highland council area of Scotland. Muir of Ord railway station is situated 2½ miles north of Beauly Priory.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Beauly and Ruilick.
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.
Kirkhill
Village
Photo: Dave Fergusson, CC BY-SA 2.0.
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. Kirkhill is situated 2 miles east of Beauly Priory.
Beauly Priory
- Categories: monastery and historic site
- Location: Highland Council, Scotland, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
57.48469° or 57° 29′ 5″ northLongitude
-4.45767° or 4° 27′ 28″ westElevation
23 feet (7 metres)Operator
Historic ScotlandOpen location code
9C9QFGMR+VWOpenStreetMap ID
way 41072415OpenStreetMap feature
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In Other Languages
From Dutch to Spanish—“Beauly Priory” goes by many names.
- Dutch: “Beauly Priory”
- German: “Beauly Priory”
- Spanish: “Priorato de Beauly”
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