Spean Bridge
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Spean Bridge Scottish Gaelic Drochaid Aonachain |
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| Coordinates | 56 ° 54 ′ N , 4 ° 55 ′ W | ||
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| Post town | FORT WILLIAM | ||
| ZIP code section | PH34 | ||
| prefix | 01397 | ||
| Part of the country | Scotland | ||
| Council area | Highland | ||
| British Parliament | Ross, Skye and Lochaber | ||
| Scottish Parliament | Skye, Lochaber and Badenoch | ||
Spean Bridge ( Gaelic : Drochaid Aonachain ) is a small town in the Scottish Highlands .
The name of the settlement goes back to a bridge over the river of the same name . It is often wrongly assumed that this is the bridge in the center of the village, which was built by Thomas Telford in 1819 and over which the A82 now runs. In reality, however, the name goes back to a bridge near what is now the town near Highbridge . It was built in 1736 as part of the road between Fort William and Fort Augustus on behalf of the British Field Marshal George Wade . The bridge collapsed in 1913, so that only the pillars remain today.
Spean Bridge is in the Great Glen . The A82, which runs south from Fort William towards Inverness in the north, and the A86 , which runs east from Spean Bridge to Kingussie , where it meets the A9 , run through the village . The place also has a train station on the West Highland Line , which is served by First ScotRail . In addition to several pairs of trains between Glasgow and Mallaig , the London- Fort William section of the Caledonian Sleeper also stops . Between 1903 and 1933 the village was the starting point for the Invergarry and Fort Augustus Railway , which was discontinued due to a lack of profitability.
Near Spean Bridge, at the junction of the A82 and the road to Achnacarry , is the Commando Memorial , a war memorial dedicated to the commandos who trained in Achnacarry near Spean Bridge on the property of the Cameron clan between 1942 and 1945 were. To the north of the Commando Memorial are the two lakes Loch Lochy and, to the west in Glen Dessarry , Loch Arkaig , both popular hiking destinations. In Achnacarry, at the east end of Loch Arkaig, you will find the Cameron clan museum.
Web links
- Commando Memorial
- Visitor guide ( Memento from February 7, 2012 in the Internet Archive )
Individual evidence
- ^ Information from the Scottish Parliament
- ↑ 56 ° 53.73 'N, 4 ° 57.36' W.
- ^ Museum website , accessed January 11, 2014