Laggan (Gaelic: Lagan [1]) is a village in Badenoch, in the Highland region of Scotland.[2] It is beside the River Spey, about 10 km west of Newtonmore. 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 Scottish Gaelic language survived the longest.[1]
Laggan
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 The village of Laggan photographed from Black Hill | |
  Laggan Location within the Badenoch and Strathspey area | |
| OS grid reference | NN616941 |
| Council area | |
| Country | Scotland |
| Sovereign state | United Kingdom |
| Post town | Newtonmore |
| Postcode district | PH20 |
| Dialling code | 01528 |
| Police | Scotland |
| Fire | Scottish |
| Ambulance | Scottish |
Laggan is located in Cairngorms National Park. 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 Pictish fort of Dùn dà Làmh lie near Laggan.
References
edit- ^ a b "Locasl studies" (PDF). www.linguae-celticae.org. 2005. Archived from the original on 1 November 2005. Retrieved 29 February 2020.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: unfit URL (link) - ^ Gittings, Bruce; Munro, David. "Laggan (Laggan Bridge)". The Gazetteer for Scotland. School of GeoSciences, University of Edinburgh and The Royal Scottish Geographical Society. Retrieved 9 March 2019.
External links
edit- Laggan website
- Map sources for Laggan, Badenoch
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