Where is Aberchalder?

Aberchalder is in Scottish Highlands, in the United Kingdom — coordinates 57.0901°, -4.7403°.

Reservoirs & lochs · Scottish Highlands

Aberchalder

Also known as: Obar Chaladair

Aberchalder in Scotland Islands, United Kingdom.

Waiting for the bridge - geograph.org.uk - 937156 — Jonathan Billinger — CC BY-SA 2.0 via Wikimedia Commons licence

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Typical visit: 1 h–2.5 h

Aberchalder is a place of interest in Scotland Islands, United Kingdom — drawn from open-data sources for visitor reference. See the linked Wikipedia article for the full description.

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Aberchalder (Gaelic: Obar Chaladair) is a small settlement and estate at the northern end of Loch Oich in the Scottish Highlands and is in the Highland council area of Scotland. It lies on the A82 road and is situated in two parishes, Boleskine and Kilmonivaig. Fort Augustus is within 5 mi (8.0 km).

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Background

History

Aberchalder was owned at one time by Randolph, Earl of Moray, then passing to Dunbar, Earl of Moray, and later to the Clan Fraser of Lovat, and still later to Glengarry. On 27 August 1745 the MacDonald of Glencoe's and Glengarry's Regiment joined the Jacobite Army at Aberchalder. In 1812, residents of Aberchalder produced a petition which led to the building of a road connecting the eastern part of the Loch Oich to Loch Hourn. A swing bridge is located in the area, the Caledonian Canal and locks (Cullochy Lock), built upon rocks. The locks were afforded to allow a depth of over 20 feet over its upper-gate sills. The canal flooded during the great floods of November 1834, rising some 27 feet…

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