Kilmonivaig

Kilmonivaig
Kilmonivaig
Kilmonivaig shown within the Lochaber area
OS grid reference NN174829
Council area
Country Scotland
Sovereign state United Kingdom
Post town Spean Bridge
Postcode district PH34 4
Dialling code 01397
Police Scottish
Fire Scottish
Ambulance Scottish
EU Parliament Scotland
UK Parliament

Kilmonivaig (Scottish Gaelic: Cill Mo Naomhaig) is a small village, situated close to the southeast end of Loch Lochy in Spean Bridge, Inverness-shire, Scottish Highlands and is in the Scottish council area of Highland.

Fort William lies approximately 15 miles southwest of Kilmonivaig.

Parish of Kilmonivaig

Kilmonivaig is also the name of the large parish which has its Church of Scotland parish church one kilometer from the bridge at Spean Bridge on the north side of the river. KIlmonivaig was one of the two constituent parishes which traditionally made up Lochaber.[1]

A memorial to the Commandos, who trained at nearby Achnacarry, is situated on a vantage point above Spean Bridge looking out over Kilmonivaig. The work of sculptor Scott Sutherland, it was cast by H.H. Martyn of Cheltenham and unveiled by Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth The Queen Mother on 27th September 1952.[2]

Monument to the Commandos who marched past this site on their way to train at Achnacarry during the Second World War

Bridges of Kilmonivaig Parish

The villages of Roy Bridge and Spean Bridge both boast bridges designed by Thomas Telford between 1917 and 1819 and subsequently widened. Just downstream of Spean Bridge is the remains of High Bridge completed by General Wade in 1836 at a cost of £1,087.[3]

Wade's HIgh Bridge as it was in the late 19th century

References

  1. ↑ Donald B. MacCulloch, Romantic Lochaber Arisaig and Morar, (Spean Bridge: Lines Publishing, 1996), pp. 1–2, 168, 177.
  2. ↑ Donald B. MacCulloch, Romantic Lochaber Arisaig and Morar, (Spean Bridge: Lines Publishing, 1996), p. 177.
  3. ↑ Donald B. MacCulloch, Romantic Lochaber Arisaig and Morar, (Spean Bridge: Lines Publishing, 1996), p. 173–91.


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