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The Battle of the Shirts was fought nearby in July 1544 between the Macdonalds of Rannald and Clan Fraser of Lovat in the Great Glen, overlooking Loch Lochy. [3] The Invergarry and Fort Augustus Railway once passed by Laggan. This line opened in 1896, with Invergarry railway station situated at North Laggan. The line closed to passengers in ...
Map of the Great Glen Fault and other late Caledonian strike-slip faults in Scotland and northwestern Ireland. The Great Glen Fault is a strike-slip fault that runs through the Great Glen in Scotland. Occasional moderate tremors have been recorded over the past 150 years.
The Great Glen Way is generally walked from southwest to northeast to follow the direction of the prevailing wind. [2] It can be walked in 5–7 days, [ 2 ] or cycled in 2–3 days. The trail is maintained and improved by the Great Glen Ways partnership, which consists of Highland Council , Scottish Canals and Forestry and Land Scotland . [ 4 ]
The single name Lochan na h-Earba is applied to two lochs to the south of Loch Laggan in Highland, Scotland, close to the historic boundary between Lochaber and Badenoch.It is thought that the two lochs once formed a single loch, but became separated by the build up alluvial deposits from the Moy Burn (Scottish Gaelic: Allt a' Mhaigh), which now joins the short watercourse that connects the ...
It runs from the Great Glen at Spean Bridge to Kingussie and the Cairngorms National Park via Loch Laggan. It is a primary route for its entire length. It is a primary route for its entire length. The road was built as a parliamentary road by Thomas Telford in 1817 to link Kingussie to Fort William .
Corrieyairack Pass lies between Fort Augustus and Laggan in the Scottish highlands. The Corrieyairack Pass ( Scottish Gaelic – Màm Choire Ghearraig ) is a 770 m (2526 ft) high pass in the Scottish Highlands at grid reference NN417986 .
The Mullardochs and Glen Affric, west of Cannich; Assynt, north of Ullapool; The Grampians make up the bulk of Scotland's highlands and contain the highest peaks and largest ranges, extending south and east of the Great Glen down to the Highland Boundary Fault, occupying almost half of the country's land area. Some of the area is relatively low ...
Laggan (Lagan, Gaelic for 'little hollow') may refer to: Scotland. Laggan, Badenoch; Laggan, Great Glen (consisting of North Laggan and South Laggan) Laggan, Islay;