Urquhart Castle Grounds
Urquhart Castle Grounds is a protected area in Highland Council, Scotland. Urquhart Castle Grounds is situated nearby to the ruins Gatehouse, as well as near Grant Tower.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Loch Ness and Urquhart Castle.
Loch Ness
Photo: Jjtkk, CC BY-SA 3.0.
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
Photo: Klaus with K, CC BY-SA 3.0.
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.
Benleva Hotel, Drumnadrochit
Hotel
Photo: Drkirstyross, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Benleva Hotel, Drumnadrochit is situated 1¼ miles northwest of Urquhart Castle Grounds.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Strone and Lewiston.
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.
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.
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.
Urquhart Castle Grounds
- Type: Protected area
- Location: Highland Council, Scotland, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
57.32406° or 57° 19′ 27″ northLongitude
-4.4422° or 4° 26′ 32″ westOpen location code
9C9Q8HF5+J4OpenStreetMap ID
way 97562723
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