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Dalnaspidal (Gael. dail-an-spideal, 'field of the hospice'), a station on the Highland railway in Blair Athole parish, Perthshire, within 5 furlongs of the foot of Loch Garry, and 15¾ miles WNW of Blair Athole village. Near it is a shooting-lodge of the Duke of Athole; and, named after an ancient hospitium or small inn, it lies amid a wild, bleak, alpine tract, where numerous standing stones and cairns mark the graves of persons who fell in battle or perished in the snow. A party of Cromwell's troops, encamping here, were attacked and worsted by the men of Athole and some of the Camerons of Lochiel; and here, on the night of 16 March 1746, Lord George Murray divided the force with which he proposed to take Blair Castle.
(F.H. Groome, Ordnance Gazetteer of Scotland (1882-4); © 2004 Gazetteer for Scotland)
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| Feature Description: | "a station" (ADL Feature Type: "railroad features") |
| Administrative units: | Perthshire ScoCnty |
| Place names: | DAIL AN SPIDEAL | DALNASPIDAL |
| Place: | Dalnaspidal |
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