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Whitebridge, Scotland
Whitebridge ( gd, An Drochaid Bhàn) is a small village on the southwest side of Loch Ness in northern Scotland. Geography It is roughly from Inverness and from Fort Augustus. Whitebridge is home to fewer than 100 people spread over roughly . Loch Killin is situated approximately southeast of the village and the neighbouring village of Gorthleck lies to the north-east of Whitebridge. Beinn Sgurrach is the highest hill in the area at 470 m and lies on the northeastern edge of the village. History The village's name comes from the old bridge over the River Fechlin which flows past the village. The old bridge, known as the ''Whitebridge'' due to the colouring of its stonework, was constructed in 1732 under the overall supervision of General Wade as part of a wider scheme to construct a military road through the area, in an attempt to suppress further Jacobite uprisings. The bridge construction was likely supervised locally under William Caulfield, a subordinate of Wades. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Whitebridge Old Bridge 3
Whitebridge or White's Bridge may refer to: Places * White's Bridge, an historic bridge crossing the Flat River in Michigan * Whitebridge, New South Wales, a suburb of the city of Lake Macquarie * Whitebridge, Scotland, a small village in the Highlands of Scotland, near Loch Ness Art, entertainment, and media * Whitebridge (''Wheel of Time''), a fictional town in the nation of Andor, in Robert Jordan's The Wheel of Time series See also * Black Bridge (other) * Negroponte (other) Negroponte may refer to: Places * Chalkis, capital of Euboea, Greece * Euboea, a Greek island of which Chalkis is the capital * Lordship of Negroponte, crusader state established on the island after the Fourth Crusade Persons * Fra Antonio da N ... * White Bridge (other) {{Disambig ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jacobitism
Jacobitism (; gd, Seumasachas, ; ga, Seacaibíteachas, ) was a political movement that supported the restoration of the senior line of the House of Stuart to the Monarchy of the United Kingdom, British throne. The name derives from the first name of James II and VII, which in Latin translates as ''Jacobus (name), Jacobus''. When James went into exile after the November 1688 Glorious Revolution, the Parliament of England argued that he had abandoned the Kingdom of England, English throne, which they offered to his Protestant daughter Mary II, and her husband William III of England, William III. In April, the Convention of Estates (1689), Scottish Convention held that he "forfeited" the throne of Scotland by his actions, listed in the Articles of Grievances. The Revolution thus created the principle of a contract between monarch and people, which if violated meant the monarch could be removed. Jacobites argued monarchs were appointed by God, or Divine right of kings, divine right, a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ian Abbot
Ian Robert Hamilton Abbot (1947–1989) was a Scottish poet. A posthumous work of Abbot, ''Finishing the Picture'', was published by Kennedy and Boyd in 2015. Life Abbot was the son of a house-painter, Thomas Abbott, and mother Robina Abbot. His brother was Frazer Abbot, a respected painter, and his sister was a nurse. Abbot grew up in a tenement on Ruthven Avenue in the city of Perth and attended the Northern District School. Abbot's family later moved to Rannoch Road in the northwest area of Perth with Abbot moving to Goodlyburn Primary School and later Perth Academy. Abbot left the Academy before completing his examinations to work at Tay Salmon Fisheries Company. During this period, he became increasingly left-wing in his political outlook. 1960s In the 1960s, Abbot attended Dundee Commercial College to attain the Highers he needed to attend university. While at the college, Abbot attended the class of the Scottish poet William Montgomerie and it was Montgomerie that ignit ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Loch Ness Marathon
The Loch Ness Marathon (Gaelic: ''Marathon Loch Nis'') is an annual marathon race in Scotland, held along the famous loch, Loch Ness, ending in Inverness. The event is part of the Festival of Running, held annually at the beginning of October. This also includes a 10K race and a 5K fun run, and attracts over 8,000 participants across all of the events. The first prize in the marathon is approx 1,400 GBP. The marathon starts near Whitebridge, and follows the southern side of Loch Ness, passing through the villages of Foyers, Inverfarigaig and Dores. The route goes into Inverness, crossing the River Ness by the Ness Bridge in the city centre, and finishes at Bught Park. The marathon supports several charities, including Highland Hospice, Leonard Cheshire, Maggie's Cancer Caring Centres, Marie Curie Cancer Care, Multiple Sclerosis Society Scotland, and the Scottish Community Foundation. The lead partner charity since 2013 has been Macmillan Cancer Support, who have been involve ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Inverness-shire
Inverness-shire ( gd, Siorrachd Inbhir Nis) is a historic county, registration county and lieutenancy area of Scotland. Covering much of the Highlands and Outer Hebrides, it is Scotland's largest county, though one of the smallest in population, with 67,733 people or 1.34% of the Scottish population. Definition The extent of the lieutenancy area was defined in 1975 as covering the districts of Inverness, Badenoch & Strathspey, and Lochaber. Thus it differs from the county in that it includes parts of what were once Moray and Argyll, but does not include any of the Outer Hebrides which were given their own lieutenancy area — the Western Isles. Geography Inverness-shire is Scotland's largest county, and the second largest in the UK as a whole after Yorkshire. It borders Ross-shire to the north, Nairnshire, Moray, Banffshire and Aberdeenshire to the east, and Perthshire and Argyllshire to the south. Its mainland section covers a large area of the Highlands, bordering the Se ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Whitebridge Hotel
Whitebridge or White's Bridge may refer to: Places * White's Bridge, an historic bridge crossing the Flat River in Michigan * Whitebridge, New South Wales, a suburb of the city of Lake Macquarie * Whitebridge, Scotland, a small village in the Highlands of Scotland, near Loch Ness Art, entertainment, and media * Whitebridge (''Wheel of Time''), a fictional town in the nation of Andor, in Robert Jordan's The Wheel of Time series See also * Black Bridge (other) * Negroponte (other) Negroponte may refer to: Places * Chalkis, capital of Euboea, Greece * Euboea, a Greek island of which Chalkis is the capital * Lordship of Negroponte, crusader state established on the island after the Fourth Crusade Persons * Fra Antonio da N ... * White Bridge (other) {{Disambig ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Highland Clearances
The Highland Clearances ( gd, Fuadaichean nan Gàidheal , the "eviction of the Gaels") were the evictions of a significant number of tenants in the Scottish Highlands and Islands, mostly in two phases from 1750 to 1860. The first phase resulted from agricultural improvement, driven by the need for landlords to increase their income – many had substantial debts, with actual or potential bankruptcy being a large part of the story of the clearances. This involved the enclosure of the open fields managed on the run rig system and shared grazing. These were usually replaced with large-scale pastoral farms on which much higher rents were paid. The displaced tenants were expected to be employed in industries such as fishing, quarrying or the kelp industry. Their reduction in status from farmer to crofter was one of the causes of resentment. The second phase involved overcrowded crofting communities from the first phase that had lost the means to support themselves, through famine ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
William Caulfeild (British Army Officer)
Major William Caulfeild was an officer in the British Army who is primarily known for his work supervising road and bridge construction in the Scottish Highlands in the 18th century. Early life He was born in Ireland, the son of the Hon. Toby Caulfeild who was a son of the first Viscount Charlemont. By the early 1730s, Caulfeild was serving as a Subaltern in the British Army. Roads and Bridges General Wade appointed him Inspector of Roads for Scotland in 1732. After the departure of General Wade in 1740, Caulfeild became responsible for directing all construction of new roads and bridges in Scotland until his death. Although he is not as well known as Wade, he is associated with the construction of far more roads than his predecessor. General Wade was responsible for of road, 40 bridges and 2 forts – whereas Caulfeild was responsible for of road and over 600 bridges. The largest individual lengths of roads built under the direction of Caulfeild included the military roads fr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Old Military Roads Of Scotland
A network of military roads, sometimes called General Wade's Military Roads, was constructed in the Scottish Highlands during the middle part of the 18th century as part of an attempt by the British Government to bring order to a part of the country which had risen up in the Jacobite rebellion of 1715. The roads were constructed to link the Central Lowlands with a series of fortified barracks located strategically across the Highlands. Their purpose much like the network of roads constructed by the Romans more than 1,500 years earlier was to suppress and exert control over the local population. The engineered roads of the Roman period did not extend into the Highlands, which was where these later roads were constructed. The first four of these roads were constructed in the 1720s and 1730s under the direction of General George Wade (an Anglo-Irishman) and are commonly referred to as General Wade’s Military Roads or simply as Wade’s Roads. The network was subsequently expand ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Loch Ness
Loch Ness (; gd, Loch Nis ) is a large freshwater loch in the Scottish Highlands extending for approximately southwest of Inverness. It takes its name from the River Ness, which flows from the northern end. Loch Ness is best known for claimed sightings of the cryptozoological Loch Ness Monster, also known affectionately as "Nessie" ( gd, Niseag). It is one of a series of interconnected, murky bodies of water in Scotland; its water visibility is exceptionally low due to a high peat content in the surrounding soil. The southern end connects to Loch Oich by the River Oich and a section of the Caledonian Canal. The northern end connects to Loch Dochfour via the River Ness, which then ultimately leads to the North Sea via the Moray Firth. Loch Ness is the second-largest Scottish loch by surface area after Loch Lomond at , but due to its great depth it is the largest by volume in the British Isles. Its deepest point is , making it the second deepest loch in Scotland after Loch ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
General Wade
Field Marshal George Wade (1673 – 14 March 1748) was a British Army officer who served in the Nine Years' War, War of the Spanish Succession, Jacobite rising of 1715 and War of the Quadruple Alliance before leading the construction of barracks, bridges and proper roads in Scotland. He went on to be a military commander during the War of the Austrian Succession and Commander-in-Chief of the Forces during the Jacobite rising of 1745. Early career Born the son of Jerome Wade in Killavally, County Westmeath, Ireland, he spent his early years in English Tangier, where his father was a member of the Tangier Garrison. Wade was commissioned into the Earl of Bath's Regiment on 26 December 1690Heathcote, p. 285 and served in Flanders in 1692, fighting at the Battle of Steenkerque in August 1692 during the Nine Years' War and earning a promotion to lieutenant on 10 February 1693. He transferred to Sir Bevil Granville's Regiment on 19 April 1694 and was promoted to captain on 13 June ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Abandoned Settlement Near Whitebridge
Abandon, abandoned, or abandonment may refer to: Common uses * Abandonment (emotional), a subjective emotional state in which people feel undesired, left behind, insecure, or discarded * Abandonment (legal), a legal term regarding property ** Child abandonment, the extralegal abandonment of children ** Lost, mislaid, and abandoned property, legal status of property after abandonment and rediscovery * Abandonment (mysticism) Art, entertainment, and media Film * ''Abandon'' (film), a 2002 film starring Katie Holmes * ''Abandoned'' (1949 film), starring Dennis O'Keefe * ''Abandoned'' (1955 film), the English language title of the Italian war film ''Gli Sbandati'' * ''Abandoned'' (2001 film), a Hungarian film * ''Abandoned'' (2010 film), starring Brittany Murphy * ''Abandoned'' (2015 film), a television movie about the shipwreck of the ''Rose-Noëlle'' in 1989 * ''Abandoned'' (2022 film), starring Emma Roberts * ''The Abandoned'' (1945 film), a 1945 Mexican film * ''The Aban ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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