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Fort Augustus ( Ordnance Survey ) is a settlement in the Scottish Highlands, at the south west end of Loch Ness . The village has a population of around 646 (2001) {Link without Title} . The village is heavily reliant on tourism. The settlement was originally named ''Cill Chuimein'', after Saint Cummein of Iona , and this remains the Gaelic name for the modern town. In the aftermath of the Jacobite uprising in 1715 , General Wade built a fort (taking from 1729 until 1742) which was named after the Duke Of Cumberland . The settlement grew, and eventually absorbed the name of this fort. The fort was captured by the Jacobites in April 1745 , just prior to the Battle Of Culloden . The actual fort was sold to the Lovat family in 1867 and in 1876 they passed the site and land onto the Benedictine Order . The monks made an abbey from the fort and later constructed a school there, but abandoned the site in 1998. For several years after that it was owned by Terry Nutkins . The village was served by a rail line to Fort William from 1903 until 1933, built by the North British Railway , but initially operated by the Highland Railway . The Caledonian Canal connecting Fort William to Inverness passes through Fort Augustus in a dramatic series of locks stepping down to Loch Ness. EXTERNAL LINKS |
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