Aberfeldy is a small market village situated in the Central Scottish Highlands. For the coming week it is also a base for the Bazflyers.
Aberfeldy boarders the Tay River, the longest river in Scotland. The river is spanned at this point with an impressive old stone bridge, known as Wade’s Bridge.
Close by Wade’s Bridge stands the Black Watch Monument. A massive cairn topped with a statue of Private Farquhar Shaw dressed in the original uniform of the Black Watch Regiment.
In the wake of the 1715 Jacobite rebellion, companies of trustworthy Highlanders were raised from loyal clans. They became known as the ’Black Watch’ for the watch they kept on the Highlands and from their dark tartan uniform.
In 1739 King George II authorised the formation of a ‘Black Watch’ regiment, "the men to be natives of that country, and none other to be taken". Their first regimental parade took place on the banks of the River Tay at Aberfeldy. Since then the Black Watch regiment has seen active service in nearly every theatre of war where Briton has been involved. The regimental mascot is a Shetland pony named Cruachan.
Aberfeldy sits in the Scottish Highlands
Wade’s Bridge
Black Watch monument
Aberfeldy village market
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