Urquhart Castle (/ˈɜːrkərt/ UR-kərt; Scottish Gaelic: Caisteal na Sròine) is a ruined castle that sits beside Loch Ness in the Highlands of Scotland. The...
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in Scotland named Urquhart, one in Elgin and one on the Black Isle. There is also most famously Urquhart Castle, by Glen Urquhart and on the banks of...
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buildings in Urquhart and Glenmoriston Urquhart Castle Urquhart and Logie Wester, a parish in the county of Ross and Cromarty, Scotland Urquhart, Georgia...
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Andrew Moray (section Attack on Castle Urquhart)
of Urquhart Castle on the shores of Loch Ness, wrote to King Edward in July 1297: "Some evil disposed people have joined Andrew Moray at the castle of...
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southwestern end. There are nine villages around the loch, as well as Urquhart Castle; the village of Drumnadrochit contains a "Loch Ness Centre and Exhibition"...
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Previous sonar attempts were inconclusive or negative. Peter MacNab at Urquhart Castle on 29 July 1955 took a photograph that depicted two long black humps...
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other fieldwork at Forteviot, Perthshire, 1981; B, Excavations at Urquhart Castle, Inverness-shire, 1983; C, Excavations at Dunnottar, Kincardineshire...
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competition, but has to square up against a strong opponent. 13 "The Maze of Urquhart Castle" 3 January 1985 (1985-01-03) A TV director joins the MacToot family...
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Ballachulish Bridge, Ben Nevis, the Commando Memorial, Loch Ness, and Urquhart Castle. Along with the A9 and the A90 it is one of the three major north–south...
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of Flodden when he decided to attack the Urquhart Castle. Some sources say that Macdonald occupied the castle for three years despite the efforts of the...
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(the Loch Ness Backpackers Lodge). Attractions include the nearby Urquhart Castle, one of the most visited sites managed by Historic Scotland, and Nessieland...
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bicycle she has always wanted. Isabel leads him to a cavern beneath Urquhart Castle, where they encounter a family of plesiosaur and elasmosaur hybrids...
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a' Chàirn Stac Polly Strathspey Railway Sutherland Tor Castle Torridon Hills Urquhart Castle West Highland Line (scenic railway) West Highland Way (Long-distance...
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Morrow. ISBN 9780688033248. Retrieved 10 May 2012. Wikimedia Commons has media related to Tower houses. Cutaway drawing of Urquhart Castle tower house...
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Clan Grant (section Castles)
in Canada. Castle Grant was the seat of the Chief of Clan Grant. Muckrach Castle was the seat of the Grants of Rothiemurchus. Urquhart Castle owned by the...
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Loch Ness With Urquhart Castle in the foreground...
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choose to travel by dragon, which took 21 minutes. When navigating from Urquhart Castle to Fort Augustus( see it ), one could choose to travel by the Loch...
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Feargus Urquhart is a Scottish-American video game designer and CEO of Obsidian Entertainment. Urquhart is best known for his work at Interplay Entertainment...
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turn bestowed upon the earl and his son John, the barony of Urquhart and Urquhart Castle in Inverness-shire. However, the king later re-conferred to the...
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museums and visitor centres were opened, notably at Arbroath Abbey and Urquhart Castle. There was also a hospitality section, which makes some properties...
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Dornie, Kyle of Lochalsh, Portree Uig 917 Inverness Drumnadrochit, Urquhart Castle, Dornie, Kyle of Lochalsh Portree 918 Oban Benderloch, Appin Fort William...
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during the First War of Scottish Independence. He was the constable of Urquhart Castle (1296-1297) and after the English defeat at the Battle of Stirling...
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This is a list of castles in the Highland council area of Scotland. Castles in Scotland List of castles in Scotland List of listed buildings in Highland...
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Clan Maclean (section Castles)
lost ownership of Urquhart Castle by 1509, and settled nearby at Dochgarroch, though they still managed to lease much of Urquhart. In 1609 Alexander...
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The Raids of Urquhart were two raids carried out in the vicinity of Urquhart Castle in the Scottish Highlands in October 1544 and April 1545 where a large...
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given control of Urquhart on the shores of Loch Ness. Alan was almost certainly responsible for the earliest motte phase of Urquhart Castle. At the same point...
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west. Toward the end of 1307, the earl submitted to King Robert at Urquhart Castle on Loch Ness, which Ross had been holding for King Edward II. King...
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(Scottish Gaelic: "Eagle Rock") in Glen Urquhart within the Great Glen. The nearest town is Drumnadrochit, and Urquhart Castle lies down the hill to the East....
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Alexandre Trauner. The scenes set in Scotland were filmed on location at Urquhart Castle on the banks of Loch Ness; Kilmartin Hall on Loch Meiklie; Nairn railway...
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Phadrig is not universally accepted, and other sites including Urquhart Castle and Inverness Castle have been suggested. "Craig Phadrig". Forestry and Land Scotland...
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