Black Wood
Black Wood is a forest in Highland Council, Scotland. Black Wood is situated nearby to the hamlet Farley, as well as near Crask of Aigas.Places of Interest
Highlights include Eilean Aigas and Beaufort Castle.
Eilean Aigas
Forest
Photo: Vclaw, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Eilean Aigas is an island in the River Beauly, Scotland, in Kiltarlity parish in traditional Inverness-shire, now Highland Region. It is most notable for the mansion on it at its north end, which was formerly owned by the Sobieski Stuarts and rented by author and Scottish nationalist Compton Mackenzie from Lord Fraser of Lovat.
Beaufort Castle
Castle
Photo: Duncan David McColl, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Beaufort Castle or Castle Dounie is a Baronial style mansion built in 1880 and incorporating older building work. It is situated on the right bank of the River Beauly near the town of Beauly in Inverness-shire and is 1 mile north of Kiltarlity and 13 mi west of Inverness.
Aigas Dam
Industrial building
Photo: Craig Wallace, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Aigas Dam is an industrial building.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Kilmorack and Kiltarlity.
Kilmorack
Village
Photo: Stanley Howe, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Kilmorack is a small hamlet in Inverness-shire, in the Highlands of Scotland and now in the Highland Council area. It is situated on the north bank of the River Beauly, three miles west of Beauly and 15 miles west of the city of Inverness.
Kiltarlity
Village
Photo: Jennifer Jones, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Kiltarlity is a small village in the Highland council area of Scotland. It is 12 miles west of Inverness and 2+1⁄2 miles south of Beauly, on the south bank of the Bruiach Burn.
Aigas
Hamlet
Photo: sylvia duckworth, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Aigas is a small hamlet in the Highland Council area of Scotland. It is 5 miles southwest of Beauly and 15 miles west of Inverness, on the north bank of the River Beauly. Crask of Aigas is nearby, to the northeast.
Black Wood
- Type: Forest
- Location: Highland Council, Scotland, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
57.4614° or 57° 27′ 41″ northLongitude
-4.5555° or 4° 33′ 20″ westOpen location code
9C9QFC6V+HQOpenStreetMap ID
way 1473706802OpenStreetMap feature
natural=wood
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