Tour Scotland Video Waterfall Beinn Donachain Between Glen Strae and Glen Orchy

Tour Scotland video of a waterfall between Glen Strae and Glen Orchy on visit to Bridge Of Orchy, Argyll, Scotland. Glen Orchy is about 11 miles long, and runs south west from Bridge of Orchy to Dalmally following the River Orchy through the Caledonian Forest. There are no settlements in the glen: just a few isolated buildings. The Eas Urchaidh and Eas a’ Chathaidh are waterfalls within the glen. The continuation westward past Dalmally to Loch Awe is known as the Strath of Orchy. The B8074 road runs the length of Glen Orchy.

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Tour Scotland Video Waterfalls in Glen Orchy

Tour Scotland video of waterfalls in Glen Orchy on visit to Bridge Of Orchy, Argyll, Scotland. This a Scottish glen that runs from Bridge of Orchy to Dalmally. Glen Orchy was one of the major homes of Clan Gregor until the clan was outlawed in 1603 by King James VI.

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Tour Scotland Video River Orchy Bridge Of Orchy Scottish Highlands

Tour Scotland video of the River Orchy on visit to Bridge Of Orchy, Argyll, Scotland. Located in the Scottish Highlands at the head of Glen Orchy, Bridge Of Orchy is on the A82 road, has a railway station and is on the West Highland Way long distance path. Nearby prominent peaks include the munros Beinn Dorain and Beinn an Dòthaidh. The bridge was constructed by Government forces as part of a programme of pacification of the Highland Clans which involved the construction of military roads from the Lowlands into the much wilder upland areas of Scotland. It crosses the River Orchy, one of the finest whitewater rivers in the United Kingdom.

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Tour Scotland Video Beinn Dorain Bridge Of Orchy Scottish Highlands

Tour Scotland video of photographs of Beinn Dorain on visit to Bridge Of Orchy, Argyll, Scotland. Beinn Dòbhrain means hill of the streamlet or hill of the otters. It is the subject of Duncan Ban MacIntyre's best known Gaelic poem, Moladh Beinn Dòbhrainn, In Praise of Ben Doran; MacIntyre had worked as a gamekeeper in these parts. An t-urram thar gach beinn
Aig Beinn Dòbhrain;
De na chunnaic mi fon ghrèin,
'S i bu bhòidhche leam...

English translation:
Honour beyond each ben
for Ben Doran;
Of all I have seen beneath the sun,
she is the most glorious for me

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Old Photograph Crofter Argyll Scotland

Old photograph of an elderly crofter in Argyll, Scotland. Argyll, sometimes anglicised as Argyllshire, is a historic county and registration county of western Scotland. Argyll borders Inverness-shire to the north, Perthshire and Dunbartonshire to the East, and, separated by the Firth of Clyde, neighbours Renfrewshire and Ayrshire to the South East, and Buteshire to the South.



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