Jacobite tower at head of Loch Shiel.
Glenfinnan stands at the head of Loch Shiel, where Bonnie Prince Charlie raised his standard to launch the 1745 Jacobite rising — marked now by a tall stone tower topped by a lone kilted Highlander. Just up the glen is the curved railway viaduct crossed by the Jacobite steam train, familiar to anyone who has seen the Harry Potter films. The village has its own station on the line.
