Milton ( gd, Baile a' Mhuilinn) is a village in

Glenurquhart Glenurquhart or Glen Urquhart ( gd, Gleann Urchadain) is a glen running to the west of the village of Drumnadrochit in the Highland council area of Scotland. Location Glenurquhart runs from Loch Ness at Urquhart Bay in the east to Corrimon ...

, to the west of 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 ...

, in the

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council area of Scotland. It lies on the north side of the

River Enrick The River Enrick is a river in the Highland region of Scotland. It flows for around 22 km, in a generally northerly and then easterly direction. It rises near Loch na Stac at an elevation of about 490 metres, and falls rapidly until it reache ...

, next to the

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History

Much of Glenurquhart was part of the Balmacaan Estate (also known as the Glen Urquhart Estate), owned by the Grant family of Seafield between 1509 and 1946. The estate was rented to the wealthy American industrialist and local benefactor Bradley Martin late 19th and early 20th centuries and flourished in the 1880s and 1890s, but went into decline after the 1920s. The estate then changed hands so frequently that the issue was raised in parliament. The best forestry wood had been felled during

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and the estate was dissolved in 1946. Balmacaan House, near Drumnadrochit, was abandoned soon afterwards, set on fire by vandals in the 1960s and demolished in 1972. In 1946 Bunloit Farm was separated from Balmacaan Estate and Bunloit Estate was formed round it, near the small settlement of Balbeg, on the north west 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 clai ...

, about 4 miles south of Drumnadrochit.

References

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