Lynchat

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Lynchat
Raitts Cave - geograph.org.uk - 1725645.jpg
Raitts Cave A souterrain near Lynchat which dates to the later Iron Age (around AD 100-400). A stone built underground chamber, in a horseshoe shape, believed by archaeologists to have been used as a secure and cool storage chamber for food supplies. It was first excavated in 1835.
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Lynchat
Location within the Badenoch and Strathspey area
OS grid reference NH784018
Council area
Country Scotland
Sovereign state United Kingdom
Post town Kingussie
Postcode district PH21 1
Police Scotland
Fire Scottish
Ambulance Scottish
List of places
UK
Scotland
57°05′31″N4°00′29″W / 57.09193°N 4.0081°W / 57.09193; -4.0081

Lynchat (Scottish Gaelic : Lainn a' Chait) is a small residential settlement, situated 2 miles northeast of Kingussie in Inverness-shire, Scottish Highlands [1] and is in the Scottish council area of Highland. [2]

The River Spey which rises in Loch Insh and the Insh Marshes located 1–2 miles south and east of the settlement, passes the villages to the south. The main A9 road passes to the north of Lynchat.

References

  1. Microsoft; Nokia. "Lynchat" (Map). Bing Maps . Microsoft. Retrieved 26 February 2017.
  2. Gittings, Bruce; Munro, David. "Lynchat". The Gazetteer for Scotland. School of GeoSciences, University of Edinburgh and The Royal Scottish Geographical Society. Retrieved 7 February 2019.