Country: | Scotland |
Official Name: | Allanfearn |
Gaelic Name: | An t-Àilean Feàrna |
Static Image: | Brecknish from Allanfearn - geograph.org.uk - 1092295.jpg |
Static Image Caption: | Brecknish from Allanfearn Reflections in the Beauly Firth on Christmas morning. The picturesque siting of the houses conceals a sand and gravel pit on Alturlie Point beyond them. |
Os Grid Reference: | NH716474 |
Map Type: | Inverness |
Coordinates: | 57.4988°N -4.1431°W |
Unitary Scotland: | Highland |
Constituency Westminster: | Inverness, Nairn, Badenoch and Strathspey |
Constituency Scottish Parliament: | Inverness and Nairn |
Postcode District: | IV2 7 |
Postcode Area: | IV |
Allanfearn (Gaelic; Scottish Gaelic: An t-Àilean Feàrna) is a small settlement, it lies 4miles east of Inverness, Inverness-shire, Scotland, within the Scottish council area of Highland.[1]
The village is located beside the Moray Firth with most of the fields now being used for hay making or grazing for cattle. The hamlet of Alturlie Point was once a fishing village with nine cottages which would have been the former homes of the salmon fishermen.