Brig o' Turk

Brig o' Turk has a rare 1930s wooden tea room, which featured in the 1959 remake of The 39 Steps.{{cite web|author=Nigel Richardson |url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/travel/destinations/europe/uk/5099423/Fifty-of-Britains-best-kept-secrets.html |title=Fifty of Britain's best-kept secrets |publisher=Telegraph |date=2009-04-04 |accessdate=2012-04-07}}

Brig o' Turk also features a village hall which hosts many craft fairs, dances and other events, a small primary school (Trossachs Primary of 1875){{Cite web |url=http://www.stirling.gov.uk/services/education-and-learning/schools/primary-schools/trossachs-primary-school |title=Trossachs Primary School |access-date=3 October 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120312212438/http://www.stirling.gov.uk/services/education-and-learning/schools/primary-schools/trossachs-primary-school |archive-date=12 March 2012 |url-status=dead }} serving the village and the surrounding areas, a small post office (located in someone's house) and a pub-restaurant, called The Byre Inn, which is made to look like the cow barn attached to the large neighbouring house, Dundarroch. The Bicycle Tree, located half a mile north of the village, is a local landmark and tourist attraction.{{cite web |title=Planning and Access Committee Meeting 21 March 2016 |url=http://www.lochlomond-trossachs.org/rr-content/uploads/2016/07/Planning_20160321_Agenda5_Tree-Preservation-Order-Bicycle-Tree.pdf |publisher=Loch Lomand and the Trossachs National Park Authority |accessdate=18 June 2018 |archive-date=12 July 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180712191317/http://www.lochlomond-trossachs.org/rr-content/uploads/2016/07/Planning_20160321_Agenda5_Tree-Preservation-Order-Bicycle-Tree.pdf |url-status=dead }}

The Church of Scotland parish church, called the Trossachs Parish Church, is located to the west of the village overlooking Loch Achray. It was built in 1849 in the early Gothic style, to cater for tourists visiting the area. It contains a memorial plaque to Major-General David Limond C.B. (1831–1895), a veteran of the Siege of Lucknow in the Indian Mutiny. The church, together with the graveyard and boundary wall, is a Category C(S) listed building.{{cite web |url=http://www.britishlistedbuildings.co.uk/sc-4064-brig-o-turk-trossachs-parish-church-includ#.VglU1uxVhBc |title=Brig O'Turk Trossachs Parish Church Including Graveyard, Boundary Walls, Gatepiers and Railings, Callander |last1= |first1= |last2= |first2= |date= |website=www.britishlistedbuildings.co.uk |publisher=British Listed Buildings |access-date=28 September 2015 |quote=}}

The village is named after the Brig o' Turk, which spans the River Turk a short distance west of the village.{{cite web |title=BRIG O'TURK (LB4062) |url=http://portal.historicenvironment.scot/designation/LB4062 |website=portal.historicenvironment.scot |access-date=28 May 2021}}{{cite journal |last1=Herschy |first1=Reginald W. |title=Loch Katrine |journal=Encyclopedia of Lakes and Reservoirs |date=2012 |pages=495–499 |doi=10.1007/978-1-4020-4410-6_121 |url=https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4020-4410-6_121 |access-date=28 May 2021|url-access=subscription }} The current bridge was built in 1796, although bridges have crossed the river since 1451.

In 1708, Brig o' Turk was the venue for a gathering of prominent Jacobite lairds in support of the expected invasion by James Stuart, the "Old Pretender". In the event, the commander of the French fleet of 30 ships carrying James's 6,000-strong force withdrew rather than risk an action with the Royal Navy; however, the gathering later was used as evidence of treason against the participants.{{cite book |last=Mitchell |first=John Oswald |date=1905 |title=Old Glasgow essays |url=https://archive.org/stream/oldglasgowessays00mitc#page/86/mode/2up |location=Glasgow |publisher=J Maclehose |page=87}}

In the mid nineteenth century the village was the location of a famous Victorian love triangle involving John Ruskin, his wife Effie Gray, and protégé John Everett Millais.

There are a number of community groups based in the area such as the Trossachs Welfare association, Trossachs Community Council and Trossachs Community Trust.

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• [http://www.destination-lochlomond.co.uk/index.php?option=com_village&Itemid=266&view=village&vid=4 Brig o' Turk on "Destination Loch Lomond"]
• [http://www.trossachs.co.uk/VillagePage.php?town=Brig%20O%20Turk Brig o' Turk on "Trossachs" website] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110421061214/http://www.trossachs.co.uk/VillagePage.php?town=Brig%20O%20Turk |date=21 April 2011 }}

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