Cathedrals · Scottish Highlands
Fort Augustus Abbey
Fort Augustus Abbey is a cathedral in the United Kingdom.
Colin Wilson — CC BY-SA 2.0 via Wikimedia Commons licence
Plan your visit
- Typical visit
- 1 h–2 h
- Best time of year
- Year-round
- Family-friendly
- Limited wheelchair access
About
Fort Augustus Abbey is a cathedral in scotland highlands, United Kingdom — the principal church of its diocese. Cathedrals are seats of bishops in the Church of England, the Roman Catholic Church, and other Christian denominations across Britain.
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From the Wikipedia article
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 that also housed a school for boys until 1993.
Excerpt from Wikipedia under CC BY-SA 4.0. See the source article linked in Sources below.
- Coordinates
- 57.1443, -4.6758
- District
- Highland
- Postcode
- PH32 4DE
- Parliamentary constituency
- Inverness, Skye and West Ross-shire
- Established
- 1880
- Official site
- www.clansmancentre.uk
Sources
- wikidata: Q5470763 (CC0)
- wikipedia: Fort Augustus Abbey (CC BY-SA 4.0)
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Frequently asked questions
- Where is Fort Augustus Abbey?
- Fort Augustus Abbey is in the Scottish Highlands, United Kingdom (postcode PH32 4DE).
- When was Fort Augustus Abbey built?
- Built or established in 1880.
- How do I get to Fort Augustus Abbey?
- Drivers can navigate to postcode PH32 4DE. It sits within the Inverness, Skye and West Ross-shire parliamentary constituency.