Beauly Firth being a more literal version of the English. Beauly Firth The Beauly Firth is a firth in northern Scotland. It is effectively a continuation of the Moray Firth westward, and is bounded at one end by Beauly and at the other by Inverness (North Kessock and South Kessock). The Kessock Ferry crossed at the eastern end since the 15th Century. Today, the A9 crosses on the Kessock Bridge. The River Ness empties into the Beauly Firth after flowing from Loch Ness by way of Inverness. The Beauly Firth has several names in Scottish Gaelic including "Linne Fharair", "Poll an Ròid"
Firth North Sea. The Northern Isles were part of Norway until the 15th century, and retain many Norse names. In Shetland in particular, "firth" can refer to smaller inlets, although geo, voe and wick are as common. In Orkney, "wick" is common. In the Scottish Gaelic language, "linne" is used to refer to most of the firths above; it is also applied to the Sound of Sleat, Crowlin Sound, Cuillin Sound, Sound of Jura, Sound of Raasay, and part of Loch Linnhe. The following is a selection of other bodies of water in Scotland which are similar to various firths, but