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A sunny late-autumn view of Glencoe Village from the Pap of Glencoe.

©Anne Petty

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©Steven Brown

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©Nigel Chadwick

Dist:0.2km<br/>With Aonach Dubh behind

©Toby Speight

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©Sarah McGuire

Dist:0.2km<br/>This is a monument in Glencoe. The inscription reads as follows:-
This cross is reverently erected in memory of McIan, Chief of the MacDonalds of Glencoe who fell with his people in the massacre of Glencoe of 13 Feb: 1692 by his direct descendant Ellen Burns MacDonald of Glencoe August 1883. Their memory liveth for evermore.

©andy

Dist:0.3km<br/>"I knew nothing of the design of killing the Glencoe men till the morning that the slaughter was committed, at which time the companies were drawn out and got orders from Glenlyon and our other officers to shoot and kill all the countrymen we met with." -- Private James Campbell of Glenlyon's Regiment, under oath

©kim traynor

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©kim traynor

Dist:0.3km<br/>"The Laird of Glencoe was butchered several days ago in the most barbarous manner, although he was amenable to the present Government. The Laird of Glenlyon, a captain in Argyll's Regiment, following the explicit orders of Colonel Hill, Governor of Inverlochy [Fort William], went at night to Glencoe with a body of soldiers; and the soldiers, having entered the houses, killed the Laird of Glencoe, two of his sons, thirty-six men or children, and four women. It had been resolved in this manner to wipe out the rest of the inhabitants, notwithstanding the amnesty that had been granted them, but about two hundred escaped. It has been rumoured that the Laird was killed in an ambush with his weapons in his hands, in order to diminish the horror of so barbarous an action, which would have made all nations see what little trust can be placed on the words of those who rule." -- Paris Gazette, 11th April 1692

[Not wholly accurate, for example the massacre took place in February. John Prebble's book 'Glencoe' (1966) gives a figure of at least 38 killed.] http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Massacre_of_Glencoe

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©kim traynor

Dist:0.3km<br/>The inscription reads:

THIS CROSS
IS REVERENTLY ERECTED
IN MEMORY OF MC.IAN CHIEF OF THE MACDONALDS
OF GLENCOE
WHO FELL WITH HIS PEOPLE
IN THE MASSACRE OF GLENCOE
OF 13 FEB: 1692
BY HIS DIRECT DESCENDANT
ELLEN BURNS MACDONALD OF GLENCOE
AUGUST 1883

THEIR MEMORY LIVETH FOR EVERMORE

©Andrew Hackney

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©Peter Bond

Dist:0.4km<br/>Bare beeches and a river at full winter level

©Alan Reid

Dist:0.4km<br/>From the bridge of Coe.

©Mike Pennington

Dist:0.4km<br/>A small branch in Glencoe village.

©Chris Downer

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©james denham

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