litirbheag: 03 Sep 12: An Litir Bheag 382




The Little Letter for Gaelic Learners show

Summary: Between Loch Ness and the Isle of Skye, the passes through Glenmoriston. There is a cairn in the glen, beside the main road. The cairn commemorates a Jacobite hero, one Roderick MacKenzie. He was killed in that place in 1746. That was three months after the Battle of Culloden. But why was Roderick famous? Find out why in this week’s letter. Accompanying text is available in both English and Gaelic at bbc.co.uk/litirbheag