Balbeg
Balbeg is a clachan about 0.5 miles north-east of Balnain, 4 miles west of Drumnadrochit, Inverness-shire and is in the Scottish council area of Highland.- Type: Hamlet
- Description: human settlement in Highland, Scotland, UK
- Also known as: “Balbeg, Highland”
Places of Interest
Highlights include St Ninian’s Church, Glen Urquhart and Loch Meiklie.
Loch Meiklie
Photo: Andre van Loon, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Loch Meiklie is a freshwater loch in Inverness-shire, Scotland, 6.4 kilometres west of Drumnadrochit. The loch is situated on the River Enrick, which ~9.5km downstream flows into Loch Ness.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Balnain and Milton.
Balnain
Village
Photo: Its snowing in East Asia, Public domain.
Balnain is a small village in Glen Urquhart, Scotland, about 5 miles west of Drumnadrochit. It is mostly dependent on tourism, forestry, agriculture and farming.
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 east of Balbeg.
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.
Balbeg
- Categories: human settlement and locality
- Location: Highland Council, Scotland, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
57.34535° or 57° 20′ 43″ northLongitude
-4.57483° or 4° 34′ 29″ westOpen location code
9C9Q8CWG+43OpenStreetMap ID
node 9839104747OpenStreetMap feature
place=hamletWikidata ID
Q2795441
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In Other Languages
From Basque to Dutch—“Balbeg” goes by many names.
- Basque: “Balbeg”
- Dutch: “Balbeg”
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