Oich River
by Pablo Lopez
Title
Oich River
Artist
Pablo Lopez
Medium
Photograph - Digital Image
Description
Remnant of tower of disappeared bridge over silver Oich River, flanked by green forests along its shores under heavy gray sky.
Fort Augustus is a settlement in the parish of Boleskine and Abertarff, at the south-west end of Loch Ness, Scottish Highlands.
The Gaelic name for the modern village is Cille Chuimein and until the early 18th century the settlement was called Kiliwhimin. It was renamed Fort Augustus after the Jacobite Rising of 1715. The accepted etymology is that the settlement was originally named after Saint Cummein of Iona who built a church there.
In the aftermath of the Jacobite rising, General Wade built a fort which was named after Prince William Augustus, Duke of Cumberland. The settlement grew, and eventually took the name of this fort. The fort was captured by the Jacobites just before the Battle of Culloden.
The fort was sold to the Lovat family, and they passed the site and land to the Benedictine order. The monks established Fort Augustus Abbey and later a school.
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February 3rd, 2023
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