Tour Scotland early Autumn travel video, with Scottish fiddle music, of a dreich, which is a Scots word for dull and cloudy, road trip drive to cross the causeway and bridge at Kyle of Tongue, Scottish Gaelic: Caol Thunga, shallow sea loch, on ancestry, genealogy, history visit to Sutherland in the Highlands. The causeway across the Kyle of Tongue was built in 1971 to cut out a 6 or 7 mile detour around the southern end of the Kyle. The approach to the causeway utilises pre-existing roads, albeit with a little re alignment, and then stretches out across a long spit of land over the sands. The causeway is built on a sweeping curve to make the most of the natural landscape of the Kyle. This sees a former island used to provide a small car park and picnic site just before the bridge across the main channel. The bridge consists of 18 spans, each supported by twin piers into the river, and carries an S2 roadway. It was completely refurbished in 2011 to ensure that it maintains this important link for another 30 or 40 years. When driving in Scotland, slow down and enjoy the trip.
In 1746, a naval engagement occurred at the Kyle involving Bonnie Prince Charlie's Jacobite rebellion. The Jacobite ship Le Prince Charles, commanded by Captain Richard Talbot, was bringing a large amount of French gold to aid the Jacobite cause. It was chased by a British squadron and one of the Royal Navy frigates eventually caught up with it in the Kyle of Tongue, on 25 February 1746. A fierce five hour battle took place: the Jacobite ship fought bravely, but in the end was defeated. The failure of the gold to reach the Prince's army was one of the main factors which led to the Battle of Culloden.
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