Laggan, Badenoch

Laggan
The village of Laggan photographed from Black Hill
Laggan is located in Badenoch and Strathspey
Laggan
Laggan
Location within the Badenoch and Strathspey area
OS grid referenceNN616941
Council area
CountryScotland
Sovereign stateUnited Kingdom
Post townNewtonmore
Postcode districtPH20
Dialling code01528
PoliceScotland
FireScottish
AmbulanceScottish
List of places
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57°01′04″N 4°16′51″W / 57.01764°N 4.28091°W / 57.01764; -4.28091
A corner of a Pictish fort in Laggan

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 Cairngorms National Park. It was used to represent the fictional village of 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

  1. ^ a b "Locasl studies" (PDF). www.linguae-celticae.org. 2005. Archived from the original on 1 November 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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