Gleneagles in Scotland

2 October 2014 | Author/Destination: | Rubric: General Reading Time:  4 minutes

Gleneagles Hotel and grounds © geograph.org.uk - Simon Ledingham/cc-by-sa-2.0

Gleneagles Hotel and grounds © geograph.org.uk – Simon Ledingham/cc-by-sa-2.0

Gleneagles is a glen which connects with Glen Devon to form a pass through the Ochil Hills of Perth and Kinross in Scotland. The name’s origin has nothing to do with eagles, and is a corruption of eaglais or ecclesia, meaning church, and refers to the chapel and well of Saint Mungo, which was restored as a memorial to the Haldane family which owns the Gleneagles estate.   read more…

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