Atlantic Bridge : Where kilts swapped for trousers

There is a bridge in Scotland, built in 1792, called the Atlantic Bridge.  It traverses where the Atlantic tidal waters meet the Clachan Sound and is located south-west of Oban in County Argyll.  It connects the west coast of Scotland with the Island of Seil which is the birthplace of Princess Diana’s mother.

Atlantic Bridge, Scotland

Just over the bridge is the Tigh an Truish Inn. The name means house of the trousers and comes from the period after the 1745 rebellion (Bonnie Prince Charlie attempted to regain the English throne for the Catholic Stuarts) when kilts were banned. This was the place where islanders heading for the mainland were said to have swapped their kilts for trousers.