Glenurquhart Forest

Glenurquhart Forest is a forest in Highland Council, Scotland. Glenurquhart Forest is situated nearby to the hamlet Buntait, as well as near Shenval.

Places of Interest

Highlights include Corrimony chambered cairn and St Ninian’s Church, Glen Urquhart.

Corrimony chambered cairn

Archaeological site

Photo: Mike Peel, CC BY-SA 4.0.

The Corrimony chambered cairn, located near the village of Glen Urquhart in the Highlands of Scotland, is a well-preserved Bronze Age burial monument belonging to the group of circular chambered cairns, known as Clava cairns.

St Ninian’s Church, Glen Urquhart

Church

Photo: John Allan, CC BY-SA 2.0.

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 Corrimony.

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.

Corrimony

Hamlet

Photo: Gordon Brown, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Corrimony is a small village at the western end of Glenurquhart, in Inverness-shire, in the Highlands of Scotland, now within Highland council area. It is 13 km west of Drumnadrochit, and 32 km south-west of Inverness.

Balbeg

Hamlet

Photo: Wipsenade, CC BY 3.0.

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.

Glenurquhart Forest

Type: Forest
Location: Highland Council, Scotland, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude

57.3418° or 57° 20′ 31″ north

Longitude

-4.6449° or 4° 38′ 42″ west

Open location code

9C9Q89R4+P2

OpenStreetMap ID

way 424477443

OpenStreetMap feature

landuse=forest

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