Laggan (

Gaelic Gaelic (pronounced for Irish Gaelic and for Scots Gaelic) is an adjective that means "pertaining to the Gaels". It may refer to: Languages * Gaelic languages or Goidelic languages, a linguistic group that is one of the two branches of the Insul ...

: ''Lagan'' ) is a village in

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, in the

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region of

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. It is beside the

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, about 10 km west of

Newtonmore Newtonmore ( ) is a village of approximately 1100 inhabitants in Badenoch, within the Highland (council area), Highland council area of Scotland. The village is only a few miles from a location that is claimed to be the exact geographical centre ...

. The A86 road passes through the village and crosses the river on a nearby bridge. It is notable as being the region in Badenoch where the

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language survived the longest. Laggan fell within the Lordship of Badenoch held by the Dukes of Gordon for nearly 400 years. The Glentruim estate on the west side of the glen comprised land bought bought by Major Ewen Macpherson from the Gordon Estate Trustees in 1830. The new owner cleared several small farms to create sheep walks. The change from a subsistence to a sheep-based economy in the early 19th century resulted in the population of the parish of Laggan dropping from 1,512 in the 1790s to 1,201 in 1841.Taylor, David (2022), ''The People Are Not There: The Tranformation of Badenoch 1800 - 1863'', John Donald, Edinburgh, pp. 82 & 103, Laggan is located in

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. It was used to represent the fictional village of Glenbogle during filming of the BBC TV drama series '' Monarch of the Glen''. The ruins of the

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ish fort of Dùn dà Làmh lie near Laggan.

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Laggan website
* Populated places in Badenoch and Strathspey Parishes in Inverness-shire {{Highland-geo-stub

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