Beauly Priory, Beauly

Name: Beauly Priory
Address: Beauly, United Kingdom

#1 among attractions in Beauly

Top attraction, Historical place, Church, Monastery

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Beauly Priory was a Valliscaulian monastic community located at "Insula de Achenbady", now Beauly, Inverness-shire. It was probably founded in 1230. It is not known for certain who the founder was, different sources giving Alexander II of Scotland, John Byset, and both. The French monks, along with Bisset, had a strong enough French-speaking presence to give the location and the river the name "beau lieu" and have it pass into English. ()

Alternative names: Established: 1230 (794 years ago)Coordinates: 57°29'5"N, 4°27'27"W

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Beauly United Kingdom

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Beauly Priory – popular in the area (distance from the attraction)

Nearby attractions include: Muir of Ord Golf Club, Moniack Castle, Falls of Orrin, Redcastle.

2 miN
57°30'48"N • 4°27'29"W
Muir of Ord Golf Club, Muir of Ord
51 min walk • Golf, Outdoor activities, Nightlife
2.3 miSE
Forts and castles
Moniack Castle, Inverness
60 min walk • Moniack Castle is a 16th-century tower house located 7 miles west of Inverness, and just south of Beauly in Highland, Scotland. The castle was built in 1580 by members of the Clan Fraser. The castle is protected as a category B listed building.
4.9 miNW
Nature, Natural attraction, Waterfall
Falls of Orrin, Strathpeffer
125 min walk • Falls of Orrin is a waterfall on the River Orrin, in the Highlands of Scotland.
3.9 miNE
Forts and castles
Redcastle
101 min walk • Redcastle, historically known as Edirdovar and Ederdour, is a mediaeval castle in Killearnan on the Black Isle, northern Scotland. It is so named from the colour of the stone of which it is built. The castle is now in a state of ruinous disrepair, although it is protected as a category B listed building.
2.5 miSW
Forts and castles
Beaufort Castle
65 min walk • 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.
2.5 miSW
Art gallery, Shopping, Art museum
Kilmorack Gallery, Beauly
63 min walk • Kilmorack Gallery reuses a converted church building for its exhibitions, in a rural location near Beauly in Inverness-shire, Scotland.
4.8 miSW
Island
Eilean Aigas
122 min walk • Eilean Aigas is an island in the River Beauly, Scotland, in Kiltarlity parish in traditional Inverness-shire, now Highland Region.
5.2 miSW
Nature and wildlife, Park
Aigas Field Centre, Beauly
134 min walk • Aigas Field Centre is a nature centre based at the home of naturalist and author Sir John Lister-Kaye, Aigas House. The centre was opened in 1977 by ecologist Sir Frank Fraser Darling, and provides nature-based holidays for adults and environmental education services for school children.
2.7 miN
Whisky bar, Distillery, Whiskey distillery
Glen Ord Distillery, Muir of Ord
68 min walk • The Singleton of Glen Ord is a whisky distillery in the Scottish Highlands and is the only remaining single malt scotch whisky distillery on the Black Isle. They produce a 12 year old, 15 year old and 18 year old single malt that's available for export only to Southeast Asia.
5 miN
Island
Dunglass Island
128 min walk • Dunglass Island is an uninhabited island in the River Conon south-west of the village of Conon Bridge in the Highlands of Scotland. At approximately 40 hectares in extent, it is one of Scotland's largest freshwater islands.