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Beauly (pronounced
Bewley; a corruption of
Beaulieu), is a town of the
Scottish county of
Highland, on the
River Beauly, 10 miles west of
Inverness by the
Far North railway line. Its population was measured as 855 in 1901. The town is now within the
Highland council area.
Its chief interest is the beautiful remains of
Beauly Priory, or the Priory Church of the Blessed Virgin and John the Baptist, founded in 1230 by
John Bisset of the
Aird, for
Valliscaulian monks (
Historic Scotland). At the Reformation the buildings (except the church, now a ruin) passed into the possession of
Lord Lovat. On the right bank of the river is the site of
Lovat Castle, which once belonged to the Bissets, but was presented by
James VI, to
Hugh Fraser and afterwards demolished. To the south-east is the church of
Kirkhill containing the vault of the Lovats as well as a number of
septs of the
Mackenzies, including Seaforth and Mackenzies of
Gairloch. Three miles south of Beauly is
Beaufort Castle, the chief seat of the Lovats, a fine modern mansion in the Scottish baronial style. It occupies the site of a fortress erected in the time of
Alexander II., which was besieged in 1303 by
Edward I. This was replaced by several castles in succession, of which one,
Castle Dounie,was taken by
Oliver Cromwell and burned by
Prince William, Duke of Cumberland in 1746, the conflagration being witnessed from a neighbouring hill by
Simon Fraser, 11th Lord Lovat, before his capture on
Loch Morar.
The current Lord Lovat sold the castle to
Ann Gloag of the
Stagecoach Group to pay off debts. The land around Beauly is fertile and the town historically traded in coal, timber, lime, grain and fish.
The town is famous for its
shinty team,
Beauly Shinty Club, who have won the
Camanachd Cup three times and have been World Champions once.
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