Fort Augustus Abbey

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• Fort Augustus Abbey — Fort Augustus Abbey, properly St. Benedict s Abbey, at Fort Augustus, Inverness shire, Scotland, was a Benedictine monastery, from late in the nineteenth century to 1998. HistoryIt owed its inception to the desire of John Crichton Stuart, 3rd… …   Wikipedia

• Fort Augustus — (Ordnance Survey gbmapping|NH379090) is a settlement in the Scottish Highlands, at the south west end of Loch Ness. The village has a population of around 646 (2001) [ [http://www.highland.gov.uk/plintra/iandr/cen/sz/fortaugustus.htm www.highland …   Wikipedia

• Augustus Abbey, Fort — • A Benedictine monastery in Inverness shire, Scotland Catholic Encyclopedia. Kevin Knight. 2006 …   Catholic encyclopedia

• FORT AUGUSTUS —    a small village on the Caledonian Canal, 33 m. SW. of Inverness; the fort, built in 1716 and enlarged in 1730, was utilised as a barrack during the disturbances in the Highlands, but after being dismantled and again garrisoned down to 1857, it …   The Nuttall Encyclopaedia

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