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The River Dulnain (Gaelic
Gaelic is an adjective that means "pertaining to the Gaels". As a noun it refers to the group of languages spoken by the Gaels, or to any one of the languages individually. Gaelic languages are spoken in Ireland, Scotland, the Isle of Man, and Ca ...
: ''Tuilnean / Abhainn Tuilnein'') is a major left bank tributary of the River Spey in northeast Scotland
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. It rises in the eastern part of the Monadhliath Mountains
The Monadhliath Mountains , or Monadh Liath, are a range of mountains in Scotland. Monadh Liath is Scottish Gaelic, and means "grey mountain range". Running in a northeast to southwest direction, it lies on the western side of Strathspey, to the we ...
() and flows in a generally northeastward direction through uninhabited country to Sluggan, where it is crossed by Sluggan Bridge, constructed by General Wade to carry a military road. (The route now forms a part of Route 7 of the National Cycle Network.) Turning more easterly, the Dulnain passes beneath the modern A9 road which bypasses Carrbridge, the mainline railway and, in Carrbridge itself, the packhorse bridge that gives the village its name and the bridge carrying the B9153 road (former A9). The final section flowing east-northeast to the village of Dulnain Bridge is accompanied by the A938 road. The river empties into the Spey () after passing beneath the A95 road
The A95 road is a major road of north-east Scotland connecting the A9 road in the Highlands to the A98 road near the coast.
Route
It leaves the A9 four miles north of Aviemore.
It then goes:
*through Drumullie;
*near to Dulnain Bridge – ...
and the disused bridge of the former Strathspey railway.
Etymology
The name derives from the Scottish Gaelic ''tuil'' which means flood and ''ean'' which means stream and is perhaps descriptive of its reaction to rainfall.Ross, D. 2001 ''Scottish Place-names'', Birlinn, EdinburghReferences
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