A vision of Britain through time
A vision of Britain from 1801 to now.
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A vision of Britain through time
A vision of Britain from 1801 to now.
Including maps, statistical trends and historical descriptions.
Drumochter (Gael. druim-uachdar, 'upper ridge'), a mountain pass (1500 feet) over the Central Grampians, on the mutual border of Perth and Inverness shires, 5¾ miles S of Dalwhinnie station, and 2 NNW of Dalnaspidal. Flanked to the W by the Boar of Badenoch (2452 feet), Bruach nan Iomalrean (3175), and Ben Udlaman (3306), to the W by Creagan Doire an Donaidh (2367) and Chaoruinn (3004), it is traversed both by the Great North Road from Perth to Inverness and by the Highland railway, being the highest point reached by any railway in the Kingdom. Snow often drifts here to a great extent, lying 30 feet deep in the storm of March 1881.—Ord. Sur., sh. 63,1873.
(F.H. Groome, Ordnance Gazetteer of Scotland (1882-4); © 2004 Gazetteer for Scotland)
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| Feature Description: | "a mountain pass" (ADL Feature Type: "gaps") |
| Administrative units: | Inverness Shire ScoCnty Perthshire ScoCnty |
| Place names: | DRUIM UACHDAR | DRUMOCHTER |
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