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Lochindorb (from the Scottish Gaelic: Loch nan Doirb meaning "loch of the minnows") [1] is a freshwater loch north of Grantown on Spey in the Highland council area of Scotland. In the loch there is an island, which is now thought to have been artificially created, and on that island are the ruins of Lochindorb Castle, a former stronghold of the ...
Grantown-on-Spey (Scottish Gaelic: Baile nan Granndach) is a town in the Highland Council Area, historically within the county of Moray.It is located on a low plateau at Freuchie beside the river Spey at the northern edge of the Cairngorm mountains, about 20 miles (32 km) south-east of Inverness (35 miles or 56 km by road).
Celtic Trails Walking Holidays offers a six-night walking holiday for active whisky lovers to walk 65 miles on Speyside Way. Prices for the trek start from £725pp, March to October, including ...
The Way was opened in 1981, from Spey Bay to Ballindalloch, and was extended over the years to reach Aviemore by 2000. [10] In 2020 the final extension to Newtonmore was completed. In 2021 the route's official website was modernised and its former bootprint logo replaced by a green-blue circle enclosing a stylised distillery and salmon.
Castle Roy is a ruined courtyard castle dating from the thirteenth century, situated just north of Nethy Bridge near Grantown-on-Spey, Scotland. It is a scheduled monument. [1] The castle is associated with the Comyn family.
It is in the heart of Strathspey in the Highlands of Scotland, between Aviemore and Grantown, and is within the boundary of the Cairngorms National Park which was established in 2003. [ 4 ] A primary industry of Nethy Bridge was forestry, [ 5 ] with at one time several sawmills in the area, but this has long since subsided and now much of the ...
His home, Freuchie, is now known as Castle Grant, located near Grantown-on-Spey. In 1583, two years before his death in 1585, [2] he passed it on to his second son and heir, Patrick Grant, who was knighted by King James VI and designated "of Rothiemurchus". He married Margaret Stewart, daughter of John Stewart, 3rd Earl of Atholl, and died in 1626.
It includes the towns of Aviemore, Boat of Garten, Grantown-on-Spey, and Aberlour. Strathspey, as traditionally defined, stretches from Upper Craigellachie (near Aviemore) to Lower Craigellachie (near the village of the same name). [1] Above it is Badenoch and below it is the low-lying region of Speyside.