Tour Scotland 4K travel video, with Scottish bagpipes music, of a train journey North to the Pass of Drumochter on ancestry, genealogy, family history visit to the Highlands, Britain, United Kingdom. The Pass of Drumochter, Scottish Gaelic: Druim Uachdair, meaning high ridge is the main mountain pass between the northern and southern central Scottish Highlands. The route through the pass has been used since prehistoric times. A military road built between 1728 and 1730 by General Wade came through here. It is isolated, and the nearest settlement of any size is the small village of Dalwhinnie, some six miles to the North. The pass is the only gap in the main Grampian Watershed suitable for traffic routes for almost 60 miles, between Glencoe in the West and Cairnwell in the East. The Pass was was used by the general Agricola, and by English knights on their expeditions into Scotland. For this reason, famous battles have been fought here or nearby over the centuries, in spite of the isolation and seeming military unimportance of the site. Whoever controlled these passes controlled the Highlands. If your Clan name is Robertson, McInroy, or MacPherson, this is your territory, the seat of the clans by these names. The surname McInroy was first found in Atholl. King Duncan's younger son, Maelmore, sired Madadh, Earl of Atholl, and his grandson, Earl Henry, was father to Conan who held vast territories in this area. Conan of Glenerochie was the first Chief of the Robertsons and gave his name to the Clan Connchaidh or Duncan. His successor, Duncan, the 5th Chief, led the Clan in the army of King Bruce at Bannockburn in 1314 against the English. For this service, and his subsequent staunch support of the Scottish Crown, his grandson Robert of Struan was granted the lands and barony in 1451. 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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