Drumnadrochit

The settlement grew up around a bridge over the River Enrick, and the name Drumnadrochit derives from the Scottish Gaelic , "the ridge of the bridge". The first stone bridge was completed between 1808 and 1811 as part of works led by Thomas Telford. The bridge was extensively damaged by flooding in 1818. The former Caledonian Bank building is also a prominent structure in the village and was constructed in 1895, although it is no longer a bank. Established after the First World War, the Glen Urquhart war memorial is located in Drumnadrochit and is in the shape of a column, with a small ceremonial fenced garden. In 2006, the village hall, originally funded by Bradley Martin of Balmacaan…

Drumnadrochit is featured in the film Scooby-Doo! and the Loch Ness Monster as the closest town to Blake Castle, the home of Daphne Blake's Scottish ancestors. When the main characters are first driving into the town, Fred Jones has trouble pronouncing the town's name while Scooby-Doo pronounces it just fine. In Lawrence Block's novel The Burglar in the Library, there is a fictional scotch enjoyed by Bernie called Glen Drumnadrochit. In The Family Ness theme song, You'll Never Find A Nessie In The Zoo, the refrain states "You can go to Auchtermuchty and to Drumnadrochit too, but you'll never find a Nessie in the zoo".