Balbeg is also the name of another small settlement, located on the north west shore of Loch Ness, about 4 miles south of Drumnadrochit.

[3][4] The estate was rented to the wealthy American industrialist and local benefactor Bradley Martin in the late 19th and early 20th century [6] and flourished in the 1880s and 1890s, but went into decline after the 1920s.

[3][4] Balmacaan House, near Drumnadrochit, was abandoned soon afterwards[9][3][5] set on fire by vandals in the 1960s and demolished in 1972.

[4] In 1946 Bunloit Farm was separated from Balmacaan Estate and Bunloit Estate was formed round it[10][11] near the small settlement of Balbeg, located on the north west shore of Loch Ness, about 4 miles south of Drumnadrochit.

[18] The weather is pleasantly warm and sunny in the spring and summer, cool and fairly rainy in the autumn and very cold and snowy (with some blizzards) in the winter.