Strone

Strone is a small hamlet in the administrative county of the Scottish Highlands and in the historic county of Inverness-shire. It is adjacent to the well-known Urquhart Castle, which is itself located on Strone Point, a headland extending into Loch Ness.

Type: Hamlet
Description: hamlet in Urquhart and Glenmoriston, Highland, Scotland
Also known as: “Strone, Inverness-shire”

Places of Interest

Highlights include Loch Ness and Urquhart Castle.

Loch Ness

Photo: Jjtkk, CC BY-SA 3.0.

Loch Ness is a lake or loch which runs for 23 miles along the fault line of the Great Glen in the Scottish Highlands. It's a mile wide, very deep, and dark with peat.

Urquhart Castle

Castle

Photo: Klaus with K, CC BY-SA 3.0.

Urquhart Castle is a ruined castle that sits beside Loch Ness in the Highlands of Scotland. The castle is on the A82 road, 21 kilometres southwest of Inverness and two kilometres east of Drumnadrochit.

Benleva Hotel, Drumnadrochit

Hotel

Photo: Drkirstyross, CC BY-SA 3.0.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Lewiston and Drumnadrochit.

Lewiston

Village

Photo: Richard Haworth, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Lewiston is a small linear village, situated less than 1 mile southeast of Drumnadrochit, in Inverness-shire, Scottish Highlands and is in the Scottish council area of Highland.

Drumnadrochit

Photo: Immanuel Giel, Public domain.

Drumnadrochit is a village in the Great Glen, the fault line that traverses the Scottish Highlands. With a population of 1130 in 2020, it stands on the west shore of Loch Ness at the outlet of the River Enrick.

Milton

Village

Photo: Robert Bone, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Milton is a village in Glenurquhart, to the west of the village of Drumnadrochit, in the Highland council area of Scotland. It lies on the north side of the River Enrick, next to the A831 road. Milton is situated 2½ miles west of Strone.

Strone

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

57.3272° or 57° 19′ 38″ north

Longitude

-4.44662° or 4° 26′ 48″ west

Elevation

299 feet (91 metres)

Open location code

9C9Q8HG3+V9

OpenStreetMap ID

node 9839104724

OpenStreetMap feature

place=hamlet

GeoNames ID

13273982

Wikidata ID

Q113883027

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