Glen Coe
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Glen Coe is a glen of glacial origins that cuts though volcanic rocks in the Highlands of Scotland. It lies in the north of the county of Argyll, close to the border with the historic province of Loch
Coire nan Lochan, a corrie of Bidean nam Bian on the southern side of Glen Coe
Glencoe by Hugh William Williams, c. 1825–1829
The steep face of Stob Coire nan Lochan
View from the summit of the Devil's Staircase looking south over the east end of Glen Coe, towards Buachaille Etive Mòr with Creise and Meall a' Bhuiridh beyond
Massacre of Glencoe
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The Massacre of Glencoe took place in Glen Coe in the Argyll region of the Scottish Highlands on 13 February 1692. An estimated 30 members and associates of the Clan MacDonald of Glencoe were killed b
Glen Coe
…village of Glencoe located at the foot of the glen. On 13 February 1692, in the aftermath of the Jacobite uprising of 1689, an incident known as the Massacre of Glencoe took place in the glen. Thirty-eight men from Clan MacDonald of Glencoe were killed by government forces who were billeted with them on the grounds…
After the Massacre of Glencoe by Peter Graham, 1889
Ruins of Achallader Castle, site of the Declaration of June 1691
Lord Stair, Secretary of State for Scotland
Glencoe in winter; conditions would have been similar at the time of the Massacre.