Glen Fruin ( gd, Gleann Freòin) is a
glen
A glen is a valley, typically one that is long and bounded by gently sloped concave sides, unlike a ravine, which is deep and bounded by steep slopes. Whittow defines it as a "Scottish term for a deep valley in the Highlands" that is "narrower ...
in
Scotland
Scotland (, ) is a country that is part of the United Kingdom. Covering the northern third of the island of Great Britain, mainland Scotland has a border with England to the southeast and is otherwise surrounded by the Atlantic Ocean to the ...
, adjacent to
Loch Lomond
Loch Lomond (; gd, Loch Laomainn - 'Lake of the Elms'Richens, R. J. (1984) ''Elm'', Cambridge University Press.) is a freshwater Scottish loch which crosses the Highland Boundary Fault, often considered the boundary between the lowlands of Ce ...
. It contains the Fruin Water which flows into the loch, and a road, now the
A817 road, known as the Glen Fruin Haul Road, which goes from the
A82 up the glen and over the top of the hills to
HMNB Clyde
His Majesty's Naval Base, Clyde (HMNB Clyde; also HMS ''Neptune''), primarily sited at Faslane on the Gare Loch, is one of three operating bases in the United Kingdom for the Royal Navy (the others being HMNB Devonport and HMNB Portsmouth). It ...
at
Garelochhead
Garelochhead ( sco, Garelochheid,
.
The road from Glen Fruin to Loch Long was known as gd, Rathad Mòr nan Gàidheal, (in English "The High Road of the Gaels/Highlanders").
History
It was originally built as a temporary private road on land leased from Luss Estates to facilitate construction of the Trident facility at RNAD Coulport thus avoiding heavy vehicles using narrow roads on the Rosneath Peninsula. After lobbying by the local authority, it was agreed that it would be upgraded to adoptable standard and opened as a public road.
It was the site of the
Battle of Glen Fruin
The Battle of Glen Fruin was a Scottish clan battle fought on 7 February 1603 between the Clan Gregor and its allies on one side, and the Clan Colquhoun and its allies on the other. The Clan Gregor (or MacGregor) and Clan Colquhoun were at feud ...
, one of the last clan battles in Scotland, in which an estimated 300 warriors on foot from the
MacGregor Clan claimed victory over an estimated 600-800 men from the
Colquhoun Clan. The latter were a mix of mounted and foot soldiers.
Glens of Scotland
Valleys of Argyll and Bute
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