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Originally appearing in Volume V03, Page 589 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.
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BEAULY (pronounced Bewley; a corruption of See also:Beaulieu)  , a See also:town of See also:Inverness-See also:shire, See also:Scotland, on the See also:Beauly, 10 m . W. of Inverness by the Highland railway . Pop . (19or) 855 . Its See also:chief See also:interest is the beautiful remains of the Priory of St See also:John, founded in 1230 by John Bisset of the See also:Aird, for Cistercian monks . At the See also:Reformation the buildings (except the See also:church, now a ruin) passed into the See also:possession of See also:Lord See also:Lovat . On the right See also:bank of the See also:river is the site of Lovat See also:Castle, which once belonged to the Bissets, but was presented by See also:James VI. to See also:Hugh See also:Fraser and afterwards demolished . To the See also:south-See also:east is the church of Kirkhill containing the vault of the Lovats . Three See also:miles south of Beauly is See also:Beaufort Castle, the chief seat of the Lovats, a See also:fine See also:modern See also:mansion in the Scottish baronial See also:style . It occupies the site of a fortress erected in the See also:time of See also:Alexander II., which was besieged in 1303 .by See also:Edward I . This was replaced by several castles in See also:succession, of which one—Castle Dounie—was taken by See also:Cromwell and burned by the See also:duke of See also:Cumberland in 1746, the conflagration being witnessed from a neighbouring See also:hill by See also:Simon, Lord Lovat, before his See also:capture on See also:Loch See also:Moran The See also:land around Beauly is fertile and the town drives a brisk See also:trade in See also:coal, See also:timber, See also:lime, See also:grain and See also:fish .

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