Beaufort Castle

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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. There has been a castle on the site since the 12th century. Beaufort is the traditional seat of the Lords Lovat. ()

Alternative names: Coordinates: 57°27'10"N, 4°29'26"W

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Beaufort Castle – popular in the area (distance from the attraction)

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

2.5 miNE
Historical place, Church, Monastery
Beauly Priory, Beauly
65 min walk • Beauly Priory was a Valliscaulian monastic community located at "Insula de Achenbady", now Beauly, Inverness-shire. It was probably founded in 1230.
4.3 miN
57°30'48"N • 4°27'29"W
Muir of Ord Golf Club, Muir of Ord
111 min walk • Golf, Outdoor activities, Nightlife
2.8 miE
Forts and castles
Moniack Castle, Inverness
72 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.
5.9 miNW
Nature, Natural attraction, Waterfall
Falls of Orrin, Strathpeffer
150 min walk • Falls of Orrin is a waterfall on the River Orrin, in the Highlands of Scotland.
6.2 miNE
Forts and castles
Redcastle
160 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.
1.1 miNW
Art gallery, Shopping, Art museum
Kilmorack Gallery, Beauly
29 min walk • Kilmorack Gallery reuses a converted church building for its exhibitions, in a rural location near Beauly in Inverness-shire, Scotland.
2.6 miW
Island
Eilean Aigas
66 min walk • Eilean Aigas is an island in the River Beauly, Scotland, in Kiltarlity parish in traditional Inverness-shire, now Highland Region.
3.1 miW
Nature and wildlife, Park
Aigas Field Centre, Beauly
79 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.
4.4 miS
Nature, Natural attraction, Waterfall
Culnaskiach Falls, Drumnadrochit
114 min walk • Culnaskiach Falls is a waterfall in Boblainy Forest, to the south of the village of Kiltarlity, in the Highland council area of Scotland. It is on a small stream which flows into the Bruiach Burn.
4.8 miN
Whisky bar, Distillery, Whiskey distillery
Glen Ord Distillery, Muir of Ord
123 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.