Fassfern
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Fassfern Scottish Gaelic Am Fasadh Feàrna |
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| Coordinates | 56 ° 52 ′ N , 5 ° 15 ′ W | ||
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| Post town | FORT WILLIAM | ||
| ZIP code section | PH33 | ||
| Part of the country | Scotland | ||
| Council area | Highland | ||
| British Parliament | Ross, Skye and Lochaber | ||
| Scottish Parliament | Skye, Lochaber and Badenoch | ||
Fassfern (historically: Fassiefern ) a small town on the north bank of Loch Eil at the end of the Glen Suileag valley ( Scottish Gaelic Gleann Sùileag ).
In 1745, Bonnie Prince Charlie stayed in Fassiefern and allegedly put a white rose picked in a garden on his hat the following morning. This white rose - partly stylized as a white cockade - became the identification mark of the Jacobites . Fassfern is traditionally the territory of the Camerons of Fassifern . Fassfern House , a country estate of the clan, whose current appearance dates back to an expansion of around 1770, is located in the village .
The Road to the Isles panoramic road runs through the village . While the modern A830 runs in a straight line on the banks of the loch, the first road from Fort William to Arisaig, begun in 1804 by Thomas Telford , was more adapted to the terrain of the valley. One of the few bridges originally preserved from this period crosses the Suileag Burn stream ( Scottish Gaelic An t-Sùileag ).
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- ↑ Iain Mac Tàilleir: Place Names. (PDF; 719 kB) Scottish Parliament , January 9, 2004, p. 9 , accessed on September 12, 2017 (English).
- ↑ Peter Pininski: Bonnie Prince Charlie: A Life . Amberley Publishing Limited, 2010, pp. xxvii ( limited preview in Google Book Search).
- ↑ Entry on Fassfern House in Canmore, the database of Historic Environment Scotland (English)
- ↑ Entry on Fassfern Bridge in Canmore, the database of Historic Environment Scotland (English)