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Loch NessEastern SideThe area between Loch Ness and the foothills of the Monadhliath Mountains is known as Stratherrick. Running through this area are two of the Military Roads built by General Wade. The first was finished in 1726 and ran from Inverness to Fort Augustus taking a roundabout route that follows the B862. Within six years he built another road to link Inverness and Foyers more directly, passing through Dores following the B852. At one point Wade had to blast through 2000ft of solid rock. Two of the bridges built by Wade still exist - one at Whitebridge (left) and the other at Inverfarigaig (north west of Foyers). Both of these bridges are upstream of their modern replacements. A mile to the northeast of the Dores is the McBain Memorial Park, which offers good views of the loch. The two lochs near Dores, Ashie to the east and Duntelchaig to the southeast, once provided water to Inverness.
Near Inverfarigaig (northwest of Foyers) is Boleskine House; this was infamous as the home of Aleister Crowley who had a reputation for dabbling in the black arts. He bought the house in 1903 with the intention of performing a ritual to summon his guardian angel. He remained here on and off for a number of years. More recently the house was owned by guitarist Jimmy Page - an avid collector of Crowley memorabilia! Three miles south west of Whitebridge on the B862 is the Suidhe Chumein Viewpoint which is marked by a cairn. This is the highest point on the road and offers superb views over Stratherrick and also Strathnairn up to the Moray Firth. |
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A
minor road south west of Whitebridge, following the route of the River
Fechlin, leads to Loch Killin. The River Fechlin is four miles long and
flows from the loch to the River Foyers.
Near the point where the River Foyers enters Loch Ness are the
Falls of Foyers. This waterfall is
less impressive than it once was due to hydroelectric developments in the area -
hydroelectric power was used at the aluminium works in Lower Foyers.
