Urquhart Castle

Site type: fort

Parish: Urquhart and Glenmoriston

County: Inverness-shire

Grid reference: NH 5309 2864

Lat / long: 57.32442117, -4.441664095

The historic map is an Ordnance Survey map from 1919 to 1947, and is provided by the National Library of Scotland

Urquhart Castle stands on the site of a vitrified fort on a spur of land sticking out into Loch Ness.

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