Glenfinnan
Sign in to saveGlenfinnan ( ) is a hamlet in Lochaber area of the Highlands of Scotland. In 1745 the Jacobite rising began here when Prince Charles Edward Stuart ("Bonnie Prince Charlie") raised his standard on the shores of Loch Shiel. Seventy years later, the 18 m (60 ft) Glenfinnan Monument, at the head of the loch, was erected to commemorate the historic event.
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Place details
- Locality
- Glenfinnan
- Region
- Alba / Scotland
- Country
- United Kingdom
via OpenStreetMap · GeoNames
Key facts
- UK place.country
- Scotland
- UK place.official_name
- Glenfinnan
- UK place.gaelic_name
- Gleann Fhionnain
- UK place.population
- 139
- UK place.population_ref
- (2011)
- UK place.os_grid_reference
- NM897803
- UK place.map_type
- Lochaber
- UK place.unitary_scotland
- Highland
- UK place.lieutenancy_scotland
- Inverness-shire
- UK place.post_town
- GLENFINNAN
- UK place.postcode_district
- PH37
- UK place.postcode_area
- PH
- UK place.dial_code
- 01397
- UK place.static_image_name
- Glenfinnanmonument-wyrd-5214.jpg
- UK place.static_image_caption
- Glenfinnan Monument
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- tourist attraction
- Country
- United Kingdom
- Population
- 139
- Time zone
- UTC±00:00
- Official website
- www.glenfinnan.org.uk
- Image
- Glenfinnan bay.jpg
- Dialing code
- 01397
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- Commons category
- Glenfinnan
- historic county
- Inverness-shire
Sources (2)
via Wikidata · CC0
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Encyclopedic overview
8 sectionsContents
- History
- Monument
- Railway
- Station
- Viaduct
- In popular culture
- References
- External links
Glenfinnan ( ) is a hamlet in Lochaber area of the Highlands of Scotland. In 1745 the Jacobite rising began here when Prince Charles Edward Stuart ("Bonnie Prince Charlie") raised his standard on the shores of Loch Shiel. Seventy years later, the 18 m (60 ft) Glenfinnan Monument, at the head of the loch, was erected to commemorate the historic event.
== History ==
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Glenfinnan” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
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