Beauly
Beauly is a community in the Kilmorack Parish of the Scottish County of Inverness, on the River Beauly, 10 miles (16 km) west of Inverness by the Far North train line. The community is now within the Highland council area. The land around Beauly is fertile - traditionally corn was grown extensively and also much more just recently fruit has effectively been farmed. The community historically traded in coal, hardwood, lime, grain as well as fish. In January 2010, the Scottish government authorized controversial plans for a high-voltage line upgrade that will start in Beauly as well as end in Denny, Falkirk. The new power line, part of a plan to carry electricity produced by wind farms on the Western Isles, was called "one of the most considerable grid infrastructure project in a generation" by Jim Mather MSP. The 220-kilometre (140 mi) line will certainly consist of a network of 600 pylons, ranging in height from 42 to 65 metres (138 to 213 feet). The first part of the transmission circuit (Beauly to Ft Augustus) was activated in July 2013. The population of Beauly was 1,126 in 1991, 1,283 in 2001 and 1,365 in 2011.
