Editing Strathpeffer (section)

==History==
[[Image:The Eagle Stone.JPG|thumb|left|[[Clach an Tiompain]] (also known as the Eagle Stone), a Class 1 [[Picts|Pictish]] symbol stone in Strathpeffer]]
The strategic location of the village has led to several battles being fought in the area :

*Blar Nan Ceann (battle (field) of the heads), lies at the western end of the modern village ({{gbmapping|NH47625773}}<ref name="RCAHMS">{{citation | url=http://canmore.rcahms.gov.uk/en/site/12407/ | title=Site Record for Blar Nan Ceann | publisher=Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments of Scotland}}</ref>). Very little is known about the battle there, not even its date, other than the MacKenzies of Seaforth defeated the [[Clan MacDonnell of Glengarry|MacDonells of Glengarry]] and some incident took place at a well near the battlefield, subsequently called Tobar a' Chinn (well of the head).
*[[Battle of Blar Na Pairce]] (battle (field) of the park), in approximately 1486 saw the local [[Clan MacKenzie|MacKenzies]], under their chief Kenneth MacKenzie, defeat a large invading force of [[Clan Donald|MacDonalds]].  The battlefield lies south-west of the modern village, on the banks of Loch Kinellan.  The loch contains a [[crannog]], which remained a hunting seat of the [[Earl of Ross|Earls of Ross]] until the late medieval period and was reportedly visited by [[Robert The Bruce]] during his reign. It was from this crannog that Kenneth MacKenzie went out to meet the MacDonalds.
*The [[Battle of Drumchatt]], which took place in 1497 on Drumchatt (Druimchat) or "the Cat's Back", a ridge to the southeast of Strathpeffer.  The [[Clan Mackenzie]] and [[Clan Munro]] defeated the invading [[Clan MacDonald of Lochalsh]].
[[File:StrathpefferNE.JPG|thumb|left|Strathpeffer from the north east]]
In the [[Victorian era]] Strathpeffer was popular as a spa resort, owing to the discovery of [[sulfur|sulphurous]] springs in the 18th century. The pump-room in the middle of the village dates from 1819. Soon after that, a hospital and a hotel were also built. During World War 1, the hospital was a convalescent US Naval Hospital</ref> https://www.history.navy.mil/our-collections/photography/numerical-list-of-images/nhhc-series/nh-series/NH-115000/NH-115798.html</ref>. In 1942 the Spa hospital was destroyed by fire.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=Hk01AAAAIBAJ&sjid=96ULAAAAIBAJ&pg=4967%2C6825117 |title=Spa hospital fire. £20,000 Strathpeffer outbreak |work=[[The Glasgow Herald]] |date=29 April 1942 |page=6 |access-date=24 March 2017}}</ref> The [[Strathpeffer Pavilion]] dates from 1880, and was built to provide a venue for entertainment of the visitors. It fell into disuse and disrepair towards the end of last century, but has now been restored as a new venue for the arts, weddings, other functions, and events of all kinds.

Coal like material was found near Castle Leod in the 1700s and was worked for a short time. The material was evaluated by well known Mining Engineer John Geddes in the mid 1800s but it is not known if his suggestion that it should be further evaluated was implemented.