Laggan, Badenoch

Laggan
Scottish Gaelic: *Lagan*
Laggan Scottish Gaelic: Lagan;
	The village of Laggan photographed from Black Hill
	Laggan Location within the Badenoch and Strathspey area
OS grid reference	NN616941
Council area	Highland;
Country	Scotland
Sovereign state	United Kingdom
Post town	Newtonmore
Postcode district	PH20
Police	Scotland
Fire	Scottish
Ambulance	Scottish
	List of places UK Scotland 57°01′04″N 4°16′51″W / 57.01764°N 4.28091°W

Laggan (Gaelic: Lagan ^[1]) is a village in Badenoch, in the Highland region of Scotland.^[2] It is beside the River Spey, about 10 km west of Newtonmore. The A86 road passes through the village and crosses the river on a nearby bridge. It is notable as being the region in Badenoch where the Scottish Gaelic language survived the longest.^[1]

Laggan is located in

Glenbogle during filming of the BBC TV drama series Monarch of the Glen

.

The ruins of the

Pictish fort of Dùn dà Làmh

lie near Laggan.

References

^ ^a ^b "Locasl studies" (PDF). www.linguae-celticae.org. 2005. Retrieved 29 February 2020.
^ Gittings, Bruce; Munro, David. "Laggan (Laggan Bridge)". The Gazetteer for Scotland. School of GeoSciences, University of Edinburgh and The Royal Scottish Geographical Society. Retrieved 9 March 2019.

External links

Laggan website
Map sources for Laggan, Badenoch

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[linguae-celticae1-1] "Locasl studies" (PDF). www.linguae-celticae.org. 2005. Retrieved 29 February 2020.

[2] Gittings, Bruce; Munro, David. "Laggan (Laggan Bridge)". The Gazetteer for Scotland. School of GeoSciences, University of Edinburgh and The Royal Scottish Geographical Society. Retrieved 9 March 2019.

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