Kingussie
Kingussie is a village in the Badenoch as well as Strathspey ward of the Highland council area of Scotland. Historically in Inverness-shire, it adjoins the A9 road, although the old course of the A9 functions as the town's primary street which has actually been bypassed because 1979. Kingussie is 42 miles (68 kilometres) south of Inverness, 12 miles (19 km) south of Aviemore, and 3 miles (4.8 km) north of Newtonmore. The name "Kingussie" comes from the Gaelic, "Ceann a' Ghiuthsaich" which suggests "Head of the Pine woodland". The damages of the early 18th-century Ruthven Barracks (Historic Scotland; open up to site visitors in all times) lie near the initial site of the village, which was relocated to avoid the flood plain of the River Spey. The Hanoverian Barracks were improved the site of Ruthven Castle, the seat of the Comyns, Lords of Badenoch in the Middle Ages.
