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Urquhart Castle
The romantic ruins of a great medieval castle on a headland jutting into Loch Ness.
- Open
- Every day
- Price
- Paid; book ahead in summer
- Time Needed
- 1½ hours
- Address
- Drumnadrochit, Inverness IV63 6XJDirections
- Getting There
- On the A82, 1.2 miles east of Drumnadrochit; buses from Inverness stop at the gate.
Why Go
The ruins date from the 13th to the 16th century, built on the site of an early medieval fort. The castle changed hands in the wars of independence and was raided again and again by the MacDonalds, until government troops blew it up in 1692 to keep it from the Jacobites. Climb the Grant Tower for the view down the loch, the most famous in the Highlands.
Nearby in Loch Ness
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