This Parish is bounded, on the north, by the parishes of Inverness, Kirkhill, and Kiltarlity; on the east by Lochness, which separates it from Stratherrick; on the south by the united parish of Boleskin and Abertarf and that of Kilmanvaig; on the south- west, by the parishes of Glensheal and Kintail, in Ross-shire., and on the west, and north-west, by the  district of Strathglass, which lies in the parishes of Kilmorack and Kiltarlity.

The parish is 30 miles in its greatest length ; the breadth is, in the greater part, from 8 to 12 miles.  It contains the glens or vallies of Urquhart and Glenmoriston, which run nearly parallel, at the distance of eight miles or thereby from each other, in a nearly westerly direction from Lochness.  They are separated from each other by a ridge of mountains.

It is called, in public registers, the parish of Urquhart and Glenmoriston, though no evidence appears of an annexation or union, to ascertain whether or not they formerly were distinct parishes.  It is probable, however, that they were so in times of Popery.  TO MORE !

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Glen Urquhart has not got the rugged beauty of the Glens of the west, nor has it the grandeur of some of Scotland's most famous glens, Glencoe or Glen Nevis, for instance, but it does have a beauty that is all its own.  It is this beauty that captured the hearts of many of it's past inhabitants who have ventured far and near and who spoke with great affection of their native glen.  It is not just the geography, or topography of course, it is the people that really make the difference. ("West The Glen" by Ian M. Allan)