Brig o 'Turk

Brig o 'Turk as seen from Glen Finglass Forest

Brig o 'Turk ( Gaelic : Ceann Drochaid [" the stream at the top of the hill "]) is a small municipality in Stirling, Scotland . Its name is derived from the Gaelic torc ( boar ).

Brig o 'Turk is located between Callander and Aberfoyle and thus in the center of the Trossachs range of hills .

General

Brig o 'Turk has a rare wooden tea room from the 1930s that was featured in the film The 39 Steps (1959) . Brig o 'Turk also has a ballroom that hosts many craft fairs, dance evenings and other events. A small elementary school (Trossachs Primary) which has served the village and the surrounding regions since 1875, a small post office (in a private house) and a pub-restaurant are the other important buildings in the village.

Footnotes

↑ Brig o 'Turk on the Trossachs website (English)
^ Nigel Richardson: Fifty of Britain's best-kept secrets . The Telegraph. April 4, 2009. Retrieved April 7, 2012.
^ Trossachs Primary School . Stirling Council. Retrieved October 3, 2012.

Web links

Commons : Brig o 'Turk - Collection of images, videos and audio files

Brig o 'Turk at Destination Loch Lomond (English)

56.229722222222 -4.3622222222222Coordinates: 56 ° 13 '47 " N , 4 ° 21' 44" W.

[1] Brig o 'Turk on the Trossachs website (English)

[2] Nigel Richardson: Fifty of Britain's best-kept secrets . The Telegraph. April 4, 2009. Retrieved April 7, 2012.

[3] Trossachs Primary School . Stirling Council. Retrieved October 3, 2012.