Spean Bridge
Spean Bridge is a town in the parish of Kilmonivaig, in Lochaber in the Highland area of Scotland. The village takes its name from the Highbridge over the River Spean on General Wade's military road in between Fort William and also Ft Augustus, and not from Telford's bridge of 1819 which carries the A82 over the river at the heart of the village. Depending on the Great Glen, Spean Bridge has transportation links north towards Inverness and southern to Ft William, given by the A82, and the A86 heads east to join the A9 at Kingussie. The village is offered by the Spean Bridge train station giving links to Glasgow, London, as well as Mallaig and also between 1903 and also 1933 it provided a branch line service to Ft Augustus. The Highbridge Altercation on 16 August 1745 was the first engagement of the Jacobite Rising of 1745. The Commando Memorial, devoted to the men of the original British Commando Forces increased throughout Second World War, is located approximately 1 mile (1.6 kilometres) north-west of Spean Bridge, at the joint of the A82 and also the B8004. It forgets the training locations of the Commando Training Depot developed in 1942 at Achnacarry Castle.
