Ballaggan
Ballaggan is a hamlet in Highland Council, Scotland. Ballaggan is situated nearby to the village Inverfarigaig, as well as near the hamlet Lower Lenie.Places of Interest
Highlights include Loch Ness and Urquhart Castle.
Loch Ness
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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
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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. Urquhart Castle is situated 2½ miles north of Ballaggan.
Achnahannet
Dwelling
Achnahannet is a small hamlet and farm estate located near the northwest shore of Loch Ness in Invernesshire, Highland, Scotland. It lies south of Drumnadrochit along the A82 road, just southwest of Lenie and Urquhart Castle. Achnahannet is situated 1½ miles northwest of Ballaggan.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Inverfarigaig and Strone.
Inverfarigaig
Village
Photo: Tony Ayland, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Inverfarigaig is a hamlet at the mouth of the River Farigaig, on the south-east shore of Loch Ness in Inverness-shire, Scottish Highlands and is in the Scottish council area of Highland.
Strone
Hamlet
Strone is a small hamlet in the administrative county of the Scottish Highlands and in the historic county of Inverness-shire. It lies on the foot of the hill, Creag na h-Iolaire, in Glen Urquhart within the Great Glen, and the closest settlement to Urquhart Castle, which lies down the hill to the East. Strone is situated 2½ miles north of Ballaggan.
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. Lewiston is situated 3 miles northwest of Ballaggan.
Ballaggan
- Type: Hamlet
- Category: locality
- Location: Highland Council, Scotland, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
57.29171° or 57° 17′ 30″ northLongitude
-4.43167° or 4° 25′ 54″ westOpen location code
9C9Q7HR9+M8OpenStreetMap ID
node 2193560114OpenStreetMap feature
place=hamlet
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