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Laggan (Gaelic: Lagan [1]) is a village in Badenoch, in the Highland region of Scotland. [2] It is beside the River Spey, about 10 km west of Newtonmore. The A86 road passes through the village and crosses the river on a nearby bridge. It is notable as being the region in Badenoch where the Scottish Gaelic language survived the longest. [1]
An estimated 4500–5000 cattle were in Badenoch in the 1770s. [11] In the mid-1750s, the first flood banks on the River Spey in Badenoch were built at Pitmain, [12] just southwest of the modern day edge of Kingussie. Famine struck Badenoch in the early 1770s and 1780s, the later was widespread across Scotland and even Europe.
Upload another image Lime Kiln Kinloch Laggan 56°58′32″N 4°24′28″W / 56.975421°N 4.407765°W / 56.975421; -4.407765 (Lime Kiln) Category C(S) 6908 Upload Photo Catlodge, Catlodge Lodge And Gate Piers 57°00′24″N 4°15′07″W / 57.006755°N 4.251963°W / 57.006755; -4.251963 (Catlodge, Catlodge Lodge And Gate Piers) Category B 6912 Upload Photo ...
Laggan (Lagan, Gaelic for 'little hollow') may refer to: Scotland. Laggan, Badenoch; Laggan, Great Glen (consisting of North Laggan and South Laggan) Laggan, Islay;
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It is located east of Loch Laggan and 7 miles (11 kilometres) north of Dalwhinnie. One of General Wade 's military road, which is now the A889 , built in the mid 18th century, passes through Catlodge, approaching from the south.
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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 ...