Inverfarigaig
{{Use dmy dates|date=October 2019}}
{{Infobox UK place
| country = Scotland
| official_name = Inverfarigaig
| scots_name =
| gaelic_name = Inbhir Farragaig
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| static_image = Foresters Houses at Inverfarigaig.jpg
| static_image_caption = Foresters' houses at Inverfarigaig with Loch Ness beyond.
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| os_grid_reference = NH521237
| map_type = Inverness
| coordinates = {{coord|57.28034|-4.45399|display=inline,title}}
| unitary_scotland = Highland
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| post_town = Inverness
| postcode_district = IV2 6
| postcode_area = IV
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Inverfarigaig ({{langx|gd|Inbhir Farragaig}}) is a hamlet at the mouth of the River Farigaig, on the south-east shore of Loch Ness in Inverness-shire, Scottish Highlands and is in the Scottish council area of Highland.{{cite web |last1=Gittings |first1=Bruce |last2=Munro |first2=David |title=Inverfarigaig |url=http://www.scottish-places.info/towns/townfirst2054.html |website=The Gazetteer for Scotland |publisher=School of GeoSciences, University of Edinburgh and The Royal Scottish Geographical Society |accessdate=30 July 2018}}
Geography
The hamlet is situated on the B852, part of the Military Road built by General George Wade, {{convert|12|mi|km|abbr=off}} northeast of Fort Augustus. The village of Foyers is located {{convert|2|mi|km|0|abbr=off|spell=on}} to the southwest and the village of Dores {{convert|8|mi|km}} to the northeast. The villages of Bunloit and Balbeg are directly across Loch Ness, and the village of Drumnadrochit is close to them. The prominent peak of Meall Fuar-mhonaidh is also visible across the loch.
Iron Age Fort
Above Inverfarigaig is the Iron Age fort of Dun Deardail ({{langx|gd|Dùn Deardail}}, meaning "Deirdre's Fort"), at an elevation of {{convert|925|ft|m|abbr=on}} above sea level; it is associated with the legend of Deirdre of the Sorrows. Deirdre and the three sons of Usnach were meant to have lived near the fort for some of the time they stayed in Scotland. The fort was built by the Celts some time around 700 BCE and has been found to be partly vitrified.[http://cauldeenprimary.co.uk/secretlochness/data/foyers_dundeardail.htm Dun Deardail Fort, Inverfarigaig, Foyers]
Royal Navy air crash
On 29 May 1944, a Fleet Air Arm Stinson Reliant, serial FK943, flying out of RAF Skeabrae in Orkney, returning to base at HMS Monck at Port Glasgow, crashed {{convert|1|mi|km|round=0.5|abbr=off|spell=in}} east of Inverfarigaig after clipping a tree whilst trying to remain under a low cloudbase, killing all three officers on board.{{Cite web |title=Local Occurrences During WW2 from Police Files {{!}} The South Loch Ness Heritage Group |url=https://southlochnessheritage.co.uk/local-occurrences-during-ww2-from-police-files/ |access-date=2024-12-16 |website=southlochnessheritage.co.uk}} Lieutenant Commanders Oliver Cairns and Norman O'Neil MC, and Commander Robert Ellis were all subsequently buried at the Tomnahurich Cemetery in Inverness.