Inverfarigaig ( gd, Inbhir Farragaig) is a hamlet at the mouth of the

River Farigaig A river is a natural flowing watercourse, usually freshwater, flowing towards an ocean, sea, lake or another river. In some cases, a river flows into the ground and becomes dry at the end of its course without reaching another body of wa ...

, on the south-east shore of

Loch Ness Loch Ness (; gd, Loch Nis ) is a large freshwater loch in the Scottish Highlands extending for approximately southwest of Inverness. It takes its name from the River Ness, which flows from the northern end. Loch Ness is best known for claim ...

Inverness-shire Inverness-shire ( gd, Siorrachd Inbhir Nis) is a historic county, registration county and lieutenancy area of Scotland. Covering much of the Highlands and Outer Hebrides, it is Scotland's largest county, though one of the smallest in popula ...

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and is in the Scottish 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, 12 miles (19 km) north-east of Fort Augustus. The village of Foyers is located 2 miles (3 km) to the south-west and the village of Dores 8 miles (13 km) to the north-east. The villages of Bunloit and Balbeg are directly across Loch Ness, and the village of

Drumnadrochit Drumnadrochit (; gd, Druim na Drochaid) is a village in the Highland local government council area of Scotland, lying near the west shore of Loch Ness at the foot of Glen Urquhart. The village is close to several neighbouring settlements: the vi ...

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 ( gd, Dùn Deardail, meaning Deirdre's Fort). It is situated 925 ft (282 m) above sea level and is associated with the legend of

Deirdre of the Sorrows ''Deirdre of the Sorrows'' is a three-act play written by Irish playwright John Millington Synge in 1909. The play, based on Irish mythology, in particular the myths concerning Deirdre, Naoise, and Conchobar, was unfinished at the author's death o ...

. 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

Celts The Celts (, see pronunciation for different usages) or Celtic peoples () are. "CELTS location: Greater Europe time period: Second millennium B.C.E. to present ancestry: Celtic a collection of Indo-European peoples. "The Celts, an ancien ...

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

vitrified Vitrification (from Latin language, Latin ''vitreum'', "glass" via French language, French ''vitrifier'') is the full or partial transformation of a substance into a glass, that is to say, a non-Crystallinity, crystalline amorphous solid. Glasses ...

.Dun Deardail Fort, Inverfarigaig, Foyers
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References

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