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Drumnadrochit

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

Highlights include Urquhart Castle and Glen Urquhart High School.

Castle
Photo: Klaus with K, CC BY-SA 3.0.
is a ruined castle that sits beside in the of . The castle is on the A82 road, 21 kilometres southwest of and two kilometres east of Drumnadrochit.

School
Photo: Mx. Granger, CC0.
is a six-year comprehensive secondary school situated in Drumnadrochit. The school's primary catchment area ranges from in the north to in the south, and as far west as and .

Memorial
Photo: Douglas Nelson, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Milton and Lewiston.

Village
Photo: Robert Bone, CC BY-SA 2.0.
is a village in Glenurquhart, to the west of the village of Drumnadrochit, in the council area of Scotland. It lies on the north side of the River Enrick, next to the A831 road.

Village
Photo: Richard Haworth, CC BY-SA 2.0.
is a small linear village, situated less than 1 mile southeast of Drumnadrochit, in , and is in the council area of Highland.

Hamlet
is a small hamlet in the administrative county of the Scottish and in the historic county of . It lies on the foot of the hill, Creag na h-Iolaire, in within the , and the closest settlement to , which lies down the hill to the East.

Drumnadrochit

Latitude
57.3362° or 57° 20′ 10″ north
Longitude
-4.4798° or 4° 28′ 47″ west
Population
1,140
Elevation
105 feet (32 metres)
Open location code
9C9Q8GPC+F3
Open­Street­Map ID
node 368298667
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­village
Geo­Names ID
2650918
Wiki­data ID
Q1010428
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In Other Languages

From Basque to Welsh—“Drumnadrochit” goes by many names.
  • Basque: “Drumnadrochit”
  • Bengali: “এয়ারড”
  • Bulgarian: “Друмнадрочит”
  • Cebuano: “Drumnadrochit”
  • Chinese: “德拉姆納德羅希特”
  • Chinese: “德拉姆纳德罗希特”
  • Danish: “Drumnadrochit”
  • Dutch: “Drumnadrochit”
  • Esperanto: “Drumnadrochit”
  • French: “Drumnadrochit”
  • Galician: “Drumnadrochit”
  • German: “Drumnadrochit”
  • Gujarati: “ડ્રમ્નેડ્રોચિટ”
  • Irish: “Druim na Drochaid”
  • Italian: “Drumnadrochit”
  • Japanese: “ドラムナドロヒト”
  • Kannada: “ಡ್ರಮ್ನೋಡ್ರೋಚಿಟ್”
  • Korean: “드럼나드로치트”
  • Lithuanian: “Erdris”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Drumnadrochit”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “Drumnadrochit”
  • Norwegian: “Drumnadrochit”
  • Portuguese: “Drumnadrochit”
  • Russian: “Драмнадрокит”
  • Scots: “Drumnadrochit”
  • Scottish Gaelic: “Druim na Drochaid”
  • Scottish Gaelic: “Drumnadrochit”
  • Spanish: “Drumnadrochit”
  • Swedish: “Drumnadrochit”
  • Tamil: “டரும்நப்ரொசீட்”
  • Telugu: “డ్రుమ్నడ్రోక్హిట్”
  • Urdu: “درومنادروچیت”
  • Welsh: “Drumnadrochit”

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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 Wikivoyage page “Drumnadrochit”. Photo: Immanuel Giel, Public domain.