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Callander (; (スコットランド・ゲール語:Calasraid)) is a small town in the region of Stirling, Scotland, situated on the River Teith. The town is located in the former county of Perthshire and is a popular tourist stop to and from the Highlands. The town serves as the eastern gateway to the Loch Lomond and the Trossachs National Park, the first National Park in Scotland. Due to its location it is often referred to as the "Gateway to the Highlands".〔(Gazetteer Link )〕 The former St. Kessog's Church is now the Visit Scotland Centre, offering tourist information for the area. Dominating the town to the north are the Callander Crags, a visible part of the Highland Boundary Fault, rising to 343 m at the cairn.〔(Ordnance Survey - Callander Crags )〕 Ben Ledi (879 m) lies north-west of Callander. Local walks include Bracklinn Falls, The Meadows, Callander Crags and the Wood Walks.〔(Callander and Local Area walks )〕〔(Callander and Local Area walks )〕 The town sits on the Trossachs Bird of Prey Trail.〔(Trossachs Bird of Prey Trail )〕 McLaren High School founded in 1892 educates pupils aged 11 to 18 from a wide catchment area extending as far as Killin, Tyndrum and Inversnaid. Callander achieved prominence during the 1960s as the fictional setting "Tannochbrae" in the BBC television series ''Dr. Finlay's Casebook''. == History == There is evidence of a neolithic site situated south of the river, which was excavated in 2001 finding evidence of a building and neolithic pottery. The Auchenlaich Cairn, a neolithic chambered cairn which at 322 m in length is the longest in Britain, is situated near Keltie Bridge just east of Callander. Saint Kessog, a disciple of Columba of Iona, preached and taught in this area in the early sixth century. A small mound by the River Teith is named in pseudo-Gaelic as "Tom na Chessaig", meaning "the Hill of Kessog".〔(【引用サイトリンク】 title=A History of Callander The Trossachs, Scotland )〕 In 1645, during the campaigns of Montrose, a battle was fought at Callander between the Campbells of Argyll and the Atholl men. The Campbells were harassing the McGregors and the McNabs for their allegiance to Montrose. While besieging Castle Ample the news came of the advance of 700 Atholl men under Inchbrakie. A retreat was made southwards, but, as the Campbells were crossing a ford to the east of the village of Callander, they were overtaken and compelled to give battle. Inchbrakie, advancing part of his force to attack the defenders, quietly marched another detachment towards a ford higher up near the present bridge. A crossing was soon effected, and the Campbells, being unexpectedly attacked on the rear, broke and fled, leaving eighty of their men dead on the field. As late as 1845 Scottish Gaelic was still spoken in Callander with two schools still teaching it.〔Newton, Michael.(2010). ''Bho Chluaidh Gu Calasraid - from the Clyde to Callander: Gaelic Songs, Poetry, Tales and Traditions of the Lennox and Menteith in Gaelic with English Translations'', p. 285. The Grimsay Press ISBN 1845300688.〕 Callander was served by rail from 1 July 1858 as the terminus of a branch line from Dunblane.〔 A second Callander railway station was opened about to the west, behind the Dreadnought Hotel, on 1 June 1870 when the railway was extended to Killin en route to Oban, and closed on 5 November 1965. Sections of this former Callander and Oban Railway line, between Callander and Strathyre and between Balquhidder and Killin Junction, are now part of the National Cycle Network (route 7)〔(National Cycle Network )〕 and the Rob Roy Way.〔(Rob Roy Way )〕 Track from the dismantled Callander and Oban Railway was used in the construction of the transit system for the 1968 Summer Olympics in Mexico City. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Callander」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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