add to itineraryBeauly Priory
Beauly Priory is now in the care of Historic Environment Scotland.
The Poet John Keats wrote a (very!) long poem about the Priory. Here is just one verse:
‘In silent barren Synod met,
Within those roofless walls where yet
The shafted arch and carved fret
Cling to the ruin,
The brethren's skulls mourn, dewy wet,
Their creed's undoing.’
The priory is open daily during daylight hours free of charge.
The lovely little town of Beauly with its stepped merkat cross and handsome town square is located at the mouth of the Beauly Firth and marks the south-western boundary of the Black Isle's 'neck' (the north-western boundary is the bridge at Conon Bridge). It is curious that it is located in a different county (Inverness-shire) from the rest of the Black Isle (Ross and Cromarty).
Postcode for Satnav: IV4 7DY
Website: historicenvironment.scot/visit-a-place/places/beauly-priory
Facebook: facebook.com/pages/Beauly-Priory
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