Tour Scotland 4K travel video, with Scottish bagpipes music, of part of a sunny, but very cold, Winter snow road trip drive on an old military road on ancestry, genealogy, family history visit to Eastern Perthshire, Britain, United Kingdom. This was built, or at least rebuilt by Major Caulfeild in the 1760s as part of the military road network. It was a southern extension of the recently built route north from Blairgowrie to Fort George via Braemar and the Cairngorms. William Caulfeild rose from relative obscurity, albeit the grandson of a Viscount, to be one of the most important figures in the history of the road network in the Scottish Highlands. In 1732 he was appointed as inspector of roads under General George Wade, and so responsible for the military road network that Wade had instigated in the Scottish Highlands. He remained in post until his death in 1767, his legacy seeing somewhere around 700 miles of road built and over 600 bridges. Some of the main roads which Caulfeild was responsible for include: the road from Stirling to Fort William, now followed by the A84, A85 and A82; a number of routes across Argyll, inluding the Loch Lomond section of the A82, the Rest and be Thankful and the A819 route; the road out to Glenelg, now followed by the A87, including the Mam Ratagan Pass; the road north through the Cairngorms to Fort George. The Irish name Caulfeild has been taken as synonym for many other names. The Gaelic form of the name Caulfeild was generally Mac Cathmhaoil. The name Caulfield was used by people of the Irish names O Gamhna, O Caibheanaigh and Mac Conghamhna, and Mac Carrghamhna. The Anglicized form of these last four Irish surnames is Gaffney, but for some obscure reason, this has often been changed to Caulfield. The surname Caulfeild was first found in Fermanagh, Irish: Fear Manach, in the southwestern part of Northern Ireland, Province of Ulster, where they held a family seat from ancient times. They were directly descended from King Colla da Crioch through the Maguires, Princes of Fermanagh. Of interest to folks with ancestry, genealogy or Scottish Family Roots in Scotland who may wish to visit one day. When driving on Scottish roads in Scotland slow down and enjoy the trip
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