Where is Glen Cannich?

Glen Cannich is in Scottish Highlands, in the United Kingdom — coordinates 57.3400°, -4.9500°.

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Glen Cannich

Glen Cannich in Scotland Islands, United Kingdom.

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Glen Cannich 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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Glen Cannich (Scottish Gaelic: Gleann Chanaich) is a long glen and strath in the Northwest Highlands of Scotland and through which runs the River Cannich. Once densely populated before being largely emptied by both voluntary emigration and the Highland Clearances following the Battle of Culloden in 1746, the Glen, which was formerly the property of Clan Chisholm, has played a role in the history of the Catholic Church in Scotland. A minor public road runs up Glen Cannich from Cannich as far as the Mullardoch dam. Other than water capture for the Affric-Beauly hydro-electric power scheme, the major land uses in the glen are commercial forestry and deer stalking.

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History

The now ruined chapel at , beside the holy well of , is on the site of Kilbeathan, an earlier church dedicated to St Baithéne mac Brénaind, who is said locally to have evangelised Strathglass. Following the Scottish Reformation in 1560, the chiefs of Clan Chisholm and Clan Fraser of Lovat chose, despite official denials, to illegally grant religious toleration to their clansmen. Until the Suppression of the Jesuits in the late 18th-century, the large Catholic population in Glen Cannich and the surrounding region was covertly ministered to by priests of the Society of Jesus. Between 1735 and 1746, the glen was the home and base of operations for three outlawed priests of the Society. Their…

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