Dalnavert, Highland

Dalnavert
Dalnavert
Dalnavert shown within the Badenoch and Strathspey area
OS grid reference NH859061
Council area
Country Scotland
Sovereign state United Kingdom
Post town Kingussie
Postcode district PH21
Police Scottish
Fire Scottish
Ambulance Scottish
EU Parliament Scotland

Dalnavert (Scottish Gaelic Dail nam Feart) is a small rural hamlet, that lies 4 miles northeast of Insh, and 8 miles northeast of Kingussie, in the valley of the River Spey, in the west Cairngorms National Park, in Badenoch and Strathspey, Inverness-shire, Scottish Highlands and is in the Scottish council area of Highland. Dalnavert is the ancestral home of Sir John A. Macdonald, first Prime Minister of Canada. Both his mother and first wife came from Dalnavert.

The single track B970 B road which connects Kingussie to Inverdruie passes Dalnavert.

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