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Aigas or Eilean-Aigas, a rocky islet in Kilmorack parish, Inverness-shire, immediately above the Drhuin, 5½ miles SW of Beauly. It is encompassed by divergent and convergent branches of the river Beauly: it measures about ¾ mile in length, and fully 1¼ mile in circumfereuce: it has an oval outline, and rises abruptly to a height of about 100 feet above the water's level: it consists chiefly of conglomerate, and is covered with natural wood of birch and oak: it communicates with the mainland by a bridge: it was the retreat of Lord Lovat, after the denunciation of his clan by government in 1697: and it is now occupied by a handsome villa, which was the summer retreat of the late Sir Robert Peel. The roe used greatly to frequent it: the red-deer used occasionally to be found on it: and the wild turkey of America was introduced to it in 1842. A General Assembly's female school is designated of Aigas.
(F.H. Groome, Ordnance Gazetteer of Scotland (1882-4); © 2004 Gazetteer for Scotland)
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| Feature Description: | "a rocky islet" (ADL Feature Type: "islands") |
| Administrative units: | Kilmorack ScoP Inverness Shire ScoCnty |
| Place names: | AIGAS | AIGAS OR EILEAN AIGAS | EILEAN AIGAS |
| Place: | Eilean Aigas |
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