Historic Highland Glen

View of Glenfinnan and Loch Shiel from Glenfinnan Radio Site during a works visit in Oct 2015. Glenfinnan is a hamlet in Lochaber area of the Highlands of Scotland. In 1745 the Jacobite rising began here when Prince Charles Edward Stuart raised his standard on the shores of Loch Shiel. Seventy years later, the 18 m Glenfinnan Monument, at the head of the loch, was erected to commemorate the historic event.