Glencoe

Glencoe
a valley in the Scottish Highlands. In 1692 it was the scene of the Glencoe Massacre. About 40 members of the MacDonald clan were killed by members of the Campbell clan and the soldiers of the English king, William III. The MacDonalds were killed because they had supported the first Jacobite rebellion and had been slow to recognize William and Mary as king and queen.

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 glen (valley) south of Fort William in the Highland council area of western Scotland. From a relatively low watershed and pass to Glen Etive at an elevation of 1,011 feet (308 metres), Glencoe runs west for about 5 miles (8 km) as a steep-sided, glacier-scoured trough about one-half mile (800 metres) wide, bounded by towering mountains with elevations of 3,000 feet (900 metres) or more, before turning northwest as a broader glen opening into the valley of Loch Leven (Leven, Loch). In February 1692 it was the site of a treacherous clan massacre involving the Macdonalds of Glencoe. The glen is now almost completely uninhabited.

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