Gleneagles (Scotland)
Glen Eagles (Scottish Gaelic: Gleann na h-Eaglais/Gleann Eagas) is a glen which connects with Glen Devon to form a pass through the Ochil Hills of Perth and Kinross in Scotland. (The spelling as two words, 'Glen Eagles', is as shown on UK Ordnance Survey maps.) The name's origin has nothing to do with eagles, and is a corruption of ''eaglais'' or '' ecclesia'', meaning church, and refers to the chapel and well of Saint Mungo, which was restored as a memorial to the Haldane family which owns the Gleneagles estate. Gleneagles House at the northern entrance to Gleneagles comprises a 1750 extension to an earlier 17th-century building that is approached by an avenue of lime trees planted to commemorate the Battle of Camperdown. Little remains of Gleneagles Castle, the early 16th-century tower house of the Haldanes. The Caledonian Railway Company used its name for the Gleneagles Hotel and golf course they built some distance from the glen at the edge of Auchterarder. The h ...
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Gleneagles As Seen From The North
Gleneagles may refer to: *Gleneagles (Scotland) *Gleneagles Hotel, Auchterarder, Scotland **Gleneagles Agreement, signed and held at the Gleneagles Hotel **The 31st G8 summit held in July 2005 at Gleneagles Hotel, Scotland **Gleneagles railway station, serving both Gleneagles and Auchterarder *Gleneagles Hotel, Torquay, England, the inspiration for ''Fawlty Towers'' *Gleneagles, a neighbourhood in West Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada ** Gleneagles Elementary School in West Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada *The Gleneagles, a historic apartment building in Montreal, Quebec, Canada *Gleneagles (horse), a thoroughbred racehorse See also * Gleneagle (other) *Gleneagles Hospital (other) Gleneagles Hospital is a hospital in Singapore. Gleneagles Hospital may also be referred to other similarly named hospitals established under the Gleneagles brand that IHH Healthcare and its subsidiary, Parkway Pantai manage: * Hong Kong - Glenea ...