Arisaig

Arisaig Scottish Gaelic: Àrasaig
Arisaig
Arisaig shown within the Lochaber area
OS grid reference	NM661865
Council area	Highland
Country	Scotland
Sovereign state	United Kingdom
Post town	ARISAIG
Postcode district	PH39 4
Police	Scottish
Fire	Scottish
Ambulance	Scottish
EU Parliament	Scotland
UK Parliament	Ross, Skye and Lochaber
Scottish Parliament	Skye, Lochaber and Badenoch
List of places UK Scotland 56°54′40″N 5°50′33″W / 56.91103°N 5.84252°W / 56.91103; -5.84252Coordinates: 56°54′40″N 5°50′33″W / 56.91103°N 5.84252°W / 56.91103; -5.84252

Arisaig /ˈærəsɪɡ/ (Scottish Gaelic: Àrasaig) is a village in Lochaber, Inverness-shire, on the west coast of the Scottish Highlands. It is in the Scottish council area of the Highland, Scotland. The word Arisaig means "the safe place" in the Scottish Gaelic language.

On 20 September 1746 Bonnie Prince Charlie left Scotland for France from a place near the village following the failure of the Jacobite rising of 1745. The site of his departure is marked by the Prince's Cairn, located at Loch nan Uamh to the east of Arisaig. In 1770 the Scottish Gaelic poet Alasdair Mac Mhaighstir Alasdair died in Arisaig and was buried in the village's Roman Catholic cemetery. Emigrants from this area founded Arisaig, Nova Scotia, Canada, in 1785.

Arisaig House, the only Scottish country house designed by architect Philip Webb (1831–1915), was built in 1863 for Francis Dukinfield Palmer-Astley (1825–1868). It is situated on the south side of the A830 Lochailort-Morar Road, 3.5km (2.2 miles) south-east of Arisaig, on the north shores of Loch Nan Uamh. The house was largely destroyed by fire in 1935 and remodelled in 1937 for Charlotte Gertrude Astley-Nicholson (died 1961). It is now a country hotel.

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