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'''Boat of Garten''' is a small village and beside the [[River Spey]] in a detached part of [[Morayshire]], locally situate in [[Inverness-shire]].  It was formerly known as '''Garten'''.
'''Boat of Garten''' is a small village beside the [[River Spey]] in a detached part of [[Morayshire]], locally situate in [[Inverness-shire]].  It was formerly known as '''Garten'''.


The population of the village was almost 700 in 2001.
The population of the village was almost 700 in 2001.
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==Geography==
==Geography==
Boat of Garten is to be found between [[Aviemore]] and [[Grantown-on-Spey]]. It lies to the northeast of Aviemore, just north of [[Auchgourish]] and east of [[Kinveachy]]. Grantown is 7½ miles away.  It sits at an altitude of {{convert|220|m|ft|0|x}} above sea level, half a mile from the bank of the River Spey and is in the Cairngorms National Park.<ref name="boatgolf.com">{{cite web|url=http://www.boatgolf.com/|title=Welcome to the Boat of Garten Golf Club|work=boatgolf.com|accessdate=5 March 2011}}</ref> So close to the [[Cairngorms|Cairngorm Mountains]].<ref name="moorfieldhouse.com">{{cite web|url=http://www.moorfieldhouse.com/|title=Welcome to Moorfield House|work=moorfieldhouse.com|accessdate=5 March 2011}}</ref> it is in view of the [[Lairig Ghru]] and the northern [[Braeriach]] corries.<ref name="boatgolf.com" />
Boat of Garten is to be found between [[Aviemore]] and [[Grantown-on-Spey]]. It lies to the north-east of Aviemore, just north of [[Auchgourish]] and east of [[Kinveachy]]. Grantown is 7½ miles away to the north-east.  It sits at an altitude of 720 feet above sea level, half a mile from the bank of the River Spey and is in the Cairngorms National Park<ref name="boatgolf.com">{{cite web|url=http://www.boatgolf.com/|title=Welcome to the Boat of Garten Golf Club|work=boatgolf.com|accessdate=5 March 2011}}</ref> close to the [[Cairngorms|Cairngorm Mountains]].<ref name="moorfieldhouse.com">{{cite web|url=http://www.moorfieldhouse.com/|title=Welcome to Moorfield House|work=moorfieldhouse.com|accessdate=5 March 2011}}</ref> It lies in view of the [[Lairig Ghru]] and the northern [[Braeriach]] corries.<ref name="boatgolf.com" />


The area between Boat of Garten and Loch Garten is within the [[Abernethy Forest]] National Nature Reserve,<ref name="Castle2010">{{cite book|last=Castle|first=Alan|title=Speyside Way|url=http://books.google.com/books?id=Hv2UVb2LOA4C&pg=PA108|accessdate=5 March 2011|year=2010|publisher=Cicerone Press Limited|isbn=978-1-85284-606-0|pages=108–}}</ref> Boat of Garten being on the forest fringe.<ref name="CampbellSatterly1999">{{cite book|last1=Campbell|first1=Malcolm|authorlink1=Malcolm Campbell|last2=Satterly|first2=Glynn|title=The Scottish Golf Book|url=http://books.google.com/books?id=l-IUIch4FLIC&pg=PA147|accessdate=5 March 2011|date=1 October 1999|publisher=Sports Publishing LLC|isbn=978-1-58382-053-7|pages=147–}}</ref>
The area between Boat of Garten and Loch Garten is within the [[Abernethy Forest]] National Nature Reserve,<ref name="Castle2010">{{cite book|last=Castle|first=Alan|title=Speyside Way|url=http://books.google.com/books?id=Hv2UVb2LOA4C&pg=PA108|accessdate=5 March 2011|year=2010|publisher=Cicerone Press Limited|isbn=978-1-85284-606-0|pages=108–}}</ref> Boat of Garten being on the forest fringe.<ref name="CampbellSatterly1999">{{cite book|last1=Campbell|first1=Malcolm|authorlink1=Malcolm Campbell|last2=Satterly|first2=Glynn|title=The Scottish Golf Book|url=http://books.google.com/books?id=l-IUIch4FLIC&pg=PA147|accessdate=5 March 2011|date=1 October 1999|publisher=Sports Publishing LLC|isbn=978-1-58382-053-7|pages=147–}}</ref>
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After the Disruption of 1843, the men of the area engaged in a fanaticism, erecting the "Stone of the Spey" below Boat of Garten.  The stone was inscribed by one William Grant and was erected in 1865 in memory of the wife of Patrick Grant. As it was associated with scandal, the district residents destroyed it and threw it into the river.<ref>Reid, p. 70</ref>
After the Disruption of 1843, the men of the area engaged in a fanaticism, erecting the "Stone of the Spey" below Boat of Garten.  The stone was inscribed by one William Grant and was erected in 1865 in memory of the wife of Patrick Grant. As it was associated with scandal, the district residents destroyed it and threw it into the river.<ref>Reid, p. 70</ref>


The village is also renowned for the nearby RSPB reserve at [[Loch Garten]],<ref name="Murphy2001">{{cite book|last=Murphy|first=Alan|title=Scotland Highlands & Islands handbook: the travel guide|url=http://books.google.com/books?id=_ks6lKODLoMC&pg=PA189|accessdate=5 March 2011|date=9 September 2001|publisher=Footprint Travel Guides|isbn=978-1-900949-94-1|page=189}}</ref> approximateleven miles to the east.<ref name="ForganGonzalez2010">{{cite book|last1=Forgan|first1=Duncan|last2=Gonzalez|first2=Michael|last3=Main|first3=Shona|title=Fodor's Scotland|url=http://books.google.com/books?id=W_VEu7tCvBsC&pg=PA364|accessdate=5 March 2011|date=6 April 2010|publisher=Random House Digital, Inc.|isbn=978-1-4000-0432-4|pages=364–}}</ref>
The village is also renowned for the nearby RSPB reserve at [[Loch Garten]],<ref name="Murphy2001">{{cite book|last=Murphy|first=Alan|title=Scotland Highlands & Islands handbook: the travel guide|url=http://books.google.com/books?id=_ks6lKODLoMC&pg=PA189|accessdate=5 March 2011|date=9 September 2001|publisher=Footprint Travel Guides|isbn=978-1-900949-94-1|page=189}}</ref> approximately eleven miles to the east.<ref name="ForganGonzalez2010">{{cite book|last1=Forgan|first1=Duncan|last2=Gonzalez|first2=Michael|last3=Main|first3=Shona|title=Fodor's Scotland|url=http://books.google.com/books?id=W_VEu7tCvBsC&pg=PA364|accessdate=5 March 2011|date=6 April 2010|publisher=Random House Digital, Inc.|isbn=978-1-4000-0432-4|pages=364–}}</ref>


The village features a golf course, originally designed by James Braid.  Built in 1898, it was expanded in 1931.<ref name="CampbellSatterly1999">{{cite book|last1=Campbell|first1=Malcolm|last2=Satterly|first2=Glynn|title=The Scottish Golf Book|url=http://books.google.com/books?id=l-IUIch4FLIC&pg=PA147|accessdate=5 March 2011|date=1 October 1999|publisher=Sports Publishing LLC|isbn=978-1-58382-053-7|page=147}}</ref> it has been ranked as one of the top 35 courses in Scotland.<ref name="boatgolf.com" />
The village features a golf course, originally designed by James Braid.  Built in 1898, it was expanded in 1931.<ref name="CampbellSatterly1999">{{cite book|last1=Campbell|first1=Malcolm|last2=Satterly|first2=Glynn|title=The Scottish Golf Book|url=http://books.google.com/books?id=l-IUIch4FLIC&pg=PA147|accessdate=5 March 2011|date=1 October 1999|publisher=Sports Publishing LLC|isbn=978-1-58382-053-7|page=147}}</ref> it has been ranked as one of the top 35 courses in Scotland.<ref name="boatgolf.com" />

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Boat of Garten
Gaelic: Coit a' Ghartain
Morayshire
Location
Grid reference: NH949191
Location: 57°15’5"N, 3°44’33"W
Data
Post town: Boat of Garten
Postcode: PH24
Local Government
Council: Highland

Boat of Garten is a small village beside the River Spey in a detached part of Morayshire, locally situate in Inverness-shire. It was formerly known as Garten.

The population of the village was almost 700 in 2001.

Name

The village's name derives from the nearby old ferry over the River Spey.[1] However, its early history does not refer to the "boat" or ferry as Pont's map of 1600 and Roy's map of 1750 named the location simply "Garten".

The place is also known as 'Osprey village' due to its significant population of Ospreys.[2]

Geography

Boat of Garten is to be found between Aviemore and Grantown-on-Spey. It lies to the north-east of Aviemore, just north of Auchgourish and east of Kinveachy. Grantown is 7½ miles away to the north-east. It sits at an altitude of 720 feet above sea level, half a mile from the bank of the River Spey and is in the Cairngorms National Park[3] close to the Cairngorm Mountains.[4] It lies in view of the Lairig Ghru and the northern Braeriach corries.[3]

The area between Boat of Garten and Loch Garten is within the Abernethy Forest National Nature Reserve,[5] Boat of Garten being on the forest fringe.[6]

Flora and fauna

Alyssum calycinum, L., Cerastium arvense, L., Vaccinium Vitia-Idcea, L., and Kcelerva cristata are found in the village, as are Juniperus communis, Arctostaphylos Vva-ursi, L., Empetrum nigrum, L., Juniperus communis, L., and Hypnum crista-castrensis, L. Rare fungi include Agaricus (Amanita) virosus, Fr., A. (Armillaria) buWiger, A. & S., A. (Flammula) spumoaus, Fr., Paxillua atrotomentosus, Fr., Cantharellua umbonatus, Fr., Hydnum imbrvcatum, L., H. fragile, Fr., and H. acrobiculatum, Fr.[7]

Landmarks

St Columba's Church was built in the summer of 1900 at a cost of £820, and the church hall was added in 1934.[8]

After the Disruption of 1843, the men of the area engaged in a fanaticism, erecting the "Stone of the Spey" below Boat of Garten. The stone was inscribed by one William Grant and was erected in 1865 in memory of the wife of Patrick Grant. As it was associated with scandal, the district residents destroyed it and threw it into the river.[9]

The village is also renowned for the nearby RSPB reserve at Loch Garten,[10] approximately eleven miles to the east.[11]

The village features a golf course, originally designed by James Braid. Built in 1898, it was expanded in 1931.[6] it has been ranked as one of the top 35 courses in Scotland.[3]

The Community Company created a garden in 2002 and in 2013 two sculptures and an information hub commissioned by the community were installed in the Station Square, adjacent to the Community Garden. [12]

  • St Columba's Church and War Memorial
    St Columba's Church and War Memorial
  • Deshar Road, Boat of Garten
    Deshar Road, Boat of Garten

Outside links

References

  1. ↑ Gordon, Seton Paul (1951). Highlands of Scotland. R. Hale. p. 184. http://books.google.com/books?id=65rkAAAAMAAJ. Retrieved 5 March 2011. 
  2. ↑ Else, David; Berry, Oliver (2005). Great Britain. Lonely Planet. p. 878. ISBN 978-1-74059-921-4. http://books.google.com/books?id=u-4_Vjo7ztEC&pg=PA878. Retrieved 5 March 2011. 
  3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 "Welcome to the Boat of Garten Golf Club". boatgolf.com. http://www.boatgolf.com/. Retrieved 5 March 2011. 
  4. ↑ "Welcome to Moorfield House". moorfieldhouse.com. http://www.moorfieldhouse.com/. Retrieved 5 March 2011. 
  5. ↑ Castle, Alan (2010). Speyside Way. Cicerone Press Limited. pp. 108–. ISBN 978-1-85284-606-0. http://books.google.com/books?id=Hv2UVb2LOA4C&pg=PA108. Retrieved 5 March 2011. 
  6. ↑ 6.0 6.1 Campbell, Malcolm; Satterly, Glynn (1 October 1999). The Scottish Golf Book. Sports Publishing LLC. pp. 147–. ISBN 978-1-58382-053-7. http://books.google.com/books?id=l-IUIch4FLIC&pg=PA147. Retrieved 5 March 2011.  Cite error: Invalid <ref> tag; name "CampbellSatterly1999" defined multiple times with different content
  7. ↑ Natural History Society of Glasgow (1892). Transactions of the Natural History Society of Glasgow. The Society.. pp. lv, 17–. http://books.google.com/books?id=3QgVAAAAYAAJ&pg=PR17. Retrieved 5 March 2011. 
  8. ↑ "St Columbas". Boat of Garten.com. http://www.boatofgarten.com/community/stcolumbas.php. Retrieved 5 March 2011. 
  9. ↑ Reid, p. 70
  10. ↑ Murphy, Alan (9 September 2001). Scotland Highlands & Islands handbook: the travel guide. Footprint Travel Guides. p. 189. ISBN 978-1-900949-94-1. http://books.google.com/books?id=_ks6lKODLoMC&pg=PA189. Retrieved 5 March 2011. 
  11. ↑ Forgan, Duncan; Gonzalez, Michael; Main, Shona (6 April 2010). Fodor's Scotland. Random House Digital, Inc.. pp. 364–. ISBN 978-1-4000-0432-4. http://books.google.com/books?id=W_VEu7tCvBsC&pg=PA364. Retrieved 5 March 2011. 
  12. ↑ "Template:Citation error". Boat of Garten.com. http://www.boatofgarten.com. Retrieved 16 March 2014. 


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