Inverfarigaig () is a hamlet at the mouth of the River Farigaig, on the south-east shore of

Loch Ness Loch Ness (; ) is a large freshwater loch in the Scottish Highlands. It takes its name from the River Ness, which flows from the northern end. Loch Ness is best known for claimed sightings of the cryptozoology, cryptozoological Loch Ness Mons ...

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and is in the

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council area of

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Geography

The hamlet is situated on the B852, part of the Military Road built by General George Wade, northeast of Fort Augustus. The village of Foyers is located to the southwest and the village of Dores to the northeast. The villages of Bunloit and Balbeg are directly across Loch Ness, and the village of

Drumnadrochit Drumnadrochit (; ) is a village in the Highland (council area), Highland Local government in Scotland, local government Council areas of Scotland, council area of Scotland, lying near the west shore of Loch Ness at the foot of Glen Urquhart. The ...

is close to them. The prominent peak of Meall Fuar-mhonaidh is also visible across the loch.

Iron Age Fort

Above Inverfarigaig is the Iron Age fort of Dun Deardail (, meaning "Deirdre's Fort"), at an elevation of above sea level; it is associated with the legend of Deirdre of the Sorrows. Deirdre and the three sons of Usnach were meant to have lived near the fort for some of the time they stayed in Scotland. The fort was built by the

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some time around 700 BCE and has been found to be partly

vitrified Vitrification (, via French ') is the full or partial transformation of a substance into a glass, that is to say, a non- crystalline or amorphous solid. Glasses differ from liquids structurally and glasses possess a higher degree of connectivity ...

Royal Navy air crash

On 29 May 1944, a

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, serial FK943, flying out of RAF Skeabrae in

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, returning to base at HMS Monck at

Port Glasgow Port Glasgow (, ) is the second-largest town in the Inverclyde council area of Scotland. The population according to the 1991 census for Port Glasgow was 19,426 persons and in the 2001 census was 16,617 persons. The most recent census in 2011 s ...

, crashed east of Inverfarigaig after clipping a tree whilst trying to remain under a low cloudbase, killing all three officers on board. Lieutenant Commanders Oliver Cairns and Norman O'Neil MC, and Commander Robert Ellis were all subsequently buried at the Tomnahurich Cemetery in

Inverness Inverness (; ; from the , meaning "Mouth of the River Ness") is a city in the Scottish Highlands, having been granted city status in 2000. It is the administrative centre for The Highland Council and is regarded as the capital of the Highland ...

References

Populated places in Inverness committee area Loch Ness {{Inverness-geo-stub