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Corrieyairack Pass

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The Highland Council states that the Corrieyairack Pass is not maintained as a public road, and is not suitable for use as one, so it advises against using motor vehicles on the pass. The road surface is made of stone, though it is now very eroded and damaged, and in many places the original paving
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encamped at the height of the pass, and the Government commander approached from the south to quell the rebellion. The Government forces retreated due to the strongly entrenched position of the Jacobite Forces.
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A well-preserved section of General Wade's Military Road near Melgarve, looking west up towards the Corrieyairack Pass
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Corrieyairack Pass lies between Fort Augustus and Laggan in the Scottish highlands.
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in the south. This path almost became the site of a major battle in the
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Allt Lagan a'Bhainne to Black Burn 2.5 km (1.6 mi)
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watershed to Allt Lagan a'Bhainne 1.5 km (0.9 mi)
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Black Burn to Connachie Burn 3.5 km (2.2 mi)
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This pass would be relatively obscure were it not for
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River Spey
General Wade's
military road
Fort Augustus

Scottish Gaelic
pass
Scottish Highlands
grid reference
NN417986
General Wade's military roads
General Wade
military road
Fort Augustus
Great Glen
Melgarve
Strath Spey
Jacobite rising of 1745
Prince Charles Edward Stuart

hikers
mountain bikers
Scheduled Ancient Monument
"Archived copy"
the original
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