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The village of Beauly was the Seat of the chief of the Clan Fraser - "Maschimid" in the Gaelic. The origins of the village lie steeped in antiquity with several Pictish vitrified forts around the perimeter of the grounds of the ruined Valliscaullian Priory founded by Sir John Bisset Lord of Lovat in the year 1230. Mary Queen of Scots on looking our of her window gave Beauly its present name, exclaiming "Quel beau lieu". It is a beautiful place indeed, having won four national awards in the "Britain in Bloom" The main street of the village is still dominated by the remains of the 13th-century Beauly Priory, which contains a 16th-century monument to Sir Kenneth Mackenzie. Nearby mud flats are home to waders and wildfowl. Walk through Reelig Glen, 3 miles east of Beauly. Beauly
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