Spean Bridge
Spean Bridge is a town in the parish of Kilmonivaig, in Lochaber in the Highland region of Scotland. The town takes its name from the Highbridge over the River Spean on General Wade's army road between Ft William and Ft Augustus, and not from Telford's bridge of 1819 which lugs the A82 over the river at the heart of the town. Hing on the Great Glen, Spean Bridge has transportation links north towards Inverness and also southern to Fort William, offered by the A82, and also the A86 heads east to sign up with the A9 at Kingussie. The village is served by the Spean Bridge railway station giving links to Glasgow, London, and Mallaig and between 1903 and also 1933 it supplied a branch line service to Ft Augustus. The Highbridge Skirmish on 16 August 1745 was the very first involvement of the Jacobite Increasing of 1745. The Commando Memorial, dedicated to the men of the original British Task force Forces raised during Second World War, lies roughly 1 mile (1.6 kilometres) north-west of Spean Bridge, at the junction of the A82 as well as the B8004. It forgets the training locations of the Commando Training Depot developed in 1942 at Achnacarry Castle.