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Glen Strathfarrar

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The road along the glen is private, and a locked gate system operates whereby permission for motor vehicle access must be requested at the gatehouse. A quota of cars are allowed in the glen each day. Access times vary, according to the month, between 9am and 8pm. In the winter the only means of
217:, one of forty such areas in Scotland, which have been defined so as to identify areas of exceptional scenery and to ensure its protection from inappropriate development. The area covered by the NSA represents the section of the glen least affected by the hydro-electric scheme, and includes the 295:: as a strath is an elongated glen, a title of 'Glen Strath' is tautological, and it is therefore likely that an English-only speaker, ignorant of the meaning of 'Strath' when transcribing the map of the location, recorded that this was the 'Glen of Strathfarrar'. 201:
and a 9 km tunnel carrying water to an underground power station at Deanie; a second dam just below Loch Beannacharan feeds a tunnel carrying water to Culligran power station (also underground). The Monar dam at Loch Monar is the largest
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who will give a security code for the gate. The resulting relative lack of cars through the glen contributes to the remote and utter peace and calm, especially of the upper reaches of the glen toward Loch Monar.
526:. The Affric-Beauly hydro-electric power scheme led to further depopulation in Strathfarrar, with only two buildings (the keeper's house at Monar and Pait Lodge) surviving the rising waters of Loch Monar. 315:. The river then adopts a sinuous course along the flat floor of the glen, running eastwards through two lochs, Loch a' Mhuillidh and Loch Beannacharan, which is dammed as part of the 998: 601: 1058: 692: 104: 1369: 1205: 61: 1312: 343: 1618: 351: 575: 1534: 1439: 555:
to most of the land in the glen, and there is thus no restriction on access along the glen by foot, bicycle or other non-motorised transport.
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trees that first colonised the area after the last Ice Age 8–10,000 years ago, and which forms an important habitat for species such as
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There are a number of mountains on either side of the glen, many of which are popular with walkers. These include the
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A small island in Loch a' Mhuillidh holds the remains of a building used by
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by the Ramsay Committee in 1945, but this has not been actioned as of 2020.
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led to depopulation in the 19th century, a period known as the
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The central section of Glen Strathfarrar (covering 4,027 
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are all known to inhabit the area, which also hosts several
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Glen Strathfarrar shown within the Highland council area.
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with a river in modern-day France known in Latin as
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Strathfarrar

Sgùrr na Lapaich
Map showing the location of Glen Strathfarrar National Scenic Area
Highland
Scotland
57°24′51″N 4°50′21″W / 57.41417°N 4.83917°W / 57.41417; -4.83917
NatureScot
Scottish Gaelic
glen
Highland
Scotland
Loch Ness
Affric-Beauly hydro-electric power scheme
Loch Monar
arch dam
ha
national scenic area
Tryweryn
Old Pictish
Latin
Old Celtic
Arar
Gaelic
Scottish Gaelic
Loch Monar
Affric-Beauly hydro-electric power scheme
River Glass
River Beauly
Struy

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