BEAULY, a village, in the parish of Kilmorack,
county of Inverness, IS miles (W.) from Inverness;
containing 560 inhabitants. It is situated at the mouth
of the river of the same name; and was distinguished
for a priory founded in 1230, which at the Dissolution
came into the possession of Hugh, Lord Frazer, of
Lovat, in whose family it continued until 1745, when it
was forfeited to the crown: a portion of the walls is
still standing. The village is a considerable thoroughfare
to and from all the more northern Highland counties;
and the Beauly is navigable for small vessels for
about three miles above it. The river is formed by the
union, near Erchless Castle, of the Farrer, Canich, and
Glass streams; it takes an eastern course, aud after
forming the falls of Kilmorack and other cascades,
merges in an arm of the sea connected with the Moray
Firth. See Kilmorack.