Mallaig & Small Isles. Glenfinnan. Coordinates: Glenfinnan (Scottish Gaelic: Gleann Fhionghain) is a village in Lochaber area of the Highlands of Scotland.
It is located at the northern end of Loch Shiel, at the foot of Glenfinnan. Glenfinnan Monument[edit] Catholic Church at Glenfinnan The 18-metre-high (60 ft) Glenfinnan Monument situated here at the head of Loch Shiel was erected in 1815 to mark the place where Prince Charles Edward Stuart ("Bonnie Prince Charlie") raised his standard, at the beginning of the 1745 Jacobite Rising. 1745–1746[edit] Prince Charles initially landed from France on Eriskay in the Western Isles.
After Culloden, in his flight to evade government troops, Charles came to the same area again. The memorial[edit] The monument at Glenfinnan The Unknown Highlander In 1815, the Jacobite cause was no longer a political threat. Since 1938, the Glenfinnan Monument has been in the care of the National Trust for Scotland. Glenfinnan railway station[edit]
Glenfinnan Viaduct. Eleven of the bridge's twenty-one arches Construction[edit] Construction of the extension from Fort William to Mallaig began in January 1987, and the line opened on 1 April 1901.[5][6] The Glenfinnan Viaduct, however, was complete enough by October 1898 to be use to transport materials across the valley.[7] It was built at a cost of GB£18,904.[3] A legend long-established attached to the Glenfinnan Viaduct was that a horse had fallen into one of the piers during construction in 1898 or 1899.[8][9] In 1987, Professor Roland Paxton failed to find evidence of a horse at Glenfinnan using a fisheye camera inserted into boreholes in the only two piers large enough to accommodate a horse.[9] In 1997, on the basis of local hearsay, he investigated the Loch nan Uamh Viaduct by the same method but found the piers to be full of rubble.[8][9] Using scanning technology in 2001, the remains of the horse and cart were found at Loch nan Uamh, within the large central pylon.[10][9]
Morar. Coordinates: Morar (pronounced: "mawrer" with stress on first syllable) (Scottish Gaelic: Mòrar) is a small village on the west coast of Scotland, 3 miles (4.8 km) south of Mallaig.
The name Morar is also applied to the wider district around the village. Morar is a station stop on the West Highland Line and is served by the A830 Road to the Isles, between Fort William and Mallaig. It is famous for Morar Beach, known as the "White Sands of Morar", which featured prominently in the film Local Hero, as well as in Breaking the Waves. Loch Morar, the deepest freshwater body in the British Isles, is located nearby. History[edit] The Battle of Morar was a Scottish clan battle fought in 1602, between the Clan MacDonald of Glengarry and the Clan Mackenzie. Notable people[edit] See also[edit] Loch Morar References[edit] External links[edit]