Urquhart Castle

Urquhart Castle 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 .
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Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Loch Ness and Benleva Hotel, Drumnadrochit.

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

Hotel
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is situated 1¼ miles northwest of Urquhart Castle.

School
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is a six-year comprehensive secondary school situated in . The school's primary catchment area ranges from in the north to in the south, and as far west as and . is situated 1½ miles west of Urquhart Castle.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Strone and Lewiston.

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.

Village
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is a small linear village, situated less than 1 mile southeast of , in , and is in the council area of Highland.

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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.

Urquhart Castle

Latitude
57.32413° or 57° 19′ 27″ north
Longitude
-4.44206° or 4° 26′ 31″ west
Open location code
9C9Q8HF5+M5
Open­Street­Map ID
way 1006531166
Open­Street­Map feature
historic=­castle
Wiki­data ID
Q913981
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In Other Languages

From Basque to Uzbek—“Urquhart Castle” goes by many names.
  • Basque: “Urquhart Castle”
  • Basque: “Urquhart gaztelua”
  • Catalan: “castell d’Urquhart”
  • Catalan: “Castell d’Urquhart”
  • Chinese: “厄克特城堡”
  • Chinese: “阿克特城堡”
  • Danish: “Urquhart Castle”
  • Dutch: “Urquhart Castle”
  • Finnish: “Urquhartin linna”
  • French: “château d’Urquhart”
  • French: “Château d’Urquhart”
  • French: “Urquhart”
  • Galician: “Castelo de Urquhart”
  • Galician: “Urquhart”
  • German: “Urquhart Castle”
  • Hungarian: “Urquhart vára”
  • Indonesian: “Kastel Urquhart”
  • Indonesian: “Kastil Urquhart”
  • Irish: “Caisteal na Sróine”
  • Italian: “castello di Urquhart”
  • Italian: “Castello di Urquhart”
  • Japanese: “アーカート城”
  • Polish: “Zamek Urquhart”
  • Portuguese: “Castelo de Urquhart”
  • Portuguese: “Urquhart”
  • Russian: “Аркарт”
  • Russian: “Замок Аркарт”
  • Russian: “Замок Урхарт”
  • Russian: “Уркуарт”
  • Scots: “Urquhart Castle”
  • Scottish Gaelic: “Caisteal na Sròine”
  • Scottish Gaelic: “Caisteal Urchadain”
  • Slovenian: “Grad Urquhart”
  • Spanish: “Castillo de Urquhart”
  • Spanish: “Castillo Urquhart”
  • Swedish: “Urquhart Castle”
  • Turkish: “Urquhart Kalesi”
  • Ukrainian: “замок Аркарт”
  • Ukrainian: “Замок Аркарт”
  • Ukrainian: “замок Уркхарт”
  • Uzbek: “Arkart qal’asi”

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