Tour Scotland short 4K travel video clip, with Scottish music, of Corrieyairack Pass on ancestry, genealogy, family history visit to the Scottish Highlands . The Pass is the highest point on General Wade's Military Road between the barracks at Kilchumein, Fort Augustus and the main Crieff to Abefeldy to Inverness Road, meeting it at Dalwhinnie. Later, a northern spur was added at the eastern end, meeting the main road near the barracks at Ruthven. These two arms met just south of Laggan. The Jacobite Rebellion of 1715 caught the new British Government out somewhat, as the rebel Highlanders were able to move much more easily across the rugged Scottish landscape than the Army could. It was therefore decided that a network of roads connecting the barracks and forts together would be of great advantage to the Army in keeping the peace in the volatile Highlands. The job of building these roads fell to General George Wade and he soon set about constructing the first road, linking Fort William to Fort George, Inverness through the Great Glen. In 1731 the road across Corrieyairack was started and quickly built. The route selected loosely followed a popular cattle drovers road across the hills, which they weren't happy about as they claimed that the paving of the road damaged the hooves of the cattle. Nevertheless, the road was there to stay, and it is perhaps ironic that the first army to march across the Corrieyairack Pass in time of war was the Jacobite Army in 1745. Of interest to folks with ancestry, genealogy or Scottish Family Roots in Scotland who may wish to visit one day. Find things to see and do in Scotland where you are always welcome.
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