Pass of Killiecrankie from Below the Bridge Looking Up

Category

Library Item

Item no

24472

Title

Pass of Killiecrankie from below the bridge looking up

Description

The view of stone arched bridge over the River Garry is seen here from downstream. On both sides the oak, beech and birch woodland cover the steep, rocky gorge that runs by the river.

Artist / maker

Valentine, James

Date

1865

Size

11.4 x 17.4 cm

Type

Photograph

Location

Edinburgh and Scottish Collection

The Pass of Killiecrankie is a mountain pass that runs between the mountains of Ben Vrackie and Tenandry Hill. The pass sits at 2757 ft (830 m) on the River Garry, near Pitlochry in Perth and Kinross. The name Killiecrankie comes from the Gaelic Coille Chneagaidh, and means 'Wood of the Aspen'.

The pass is best known for the famous Battle of Killiecrankie in July 1689, which was part of the Jacobite uprising that saw Jacobite Royalists fight the Orange covenanters, government troops supporting William of Orange. The Battle of Killiecrankie was a victory for the Jacobites but they lost soon after at the Battle of Dunkeld and again at the Battle of Cromdale which effectively ended the rebellion. One of the more well known stories is that of Soldiers Leap, an 18ft rocky gorge from which a soldier named Donald MacBean leapt to safety after being pursued by highlanders.

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Landscape > Land > Passes

Landscape > Water > Rivers and streams

Places > Scotland > Kinross-shire

Places > Scotland > Perthshire

Places > United Kingdom > Scotland

Transport > Infrastructure > Stone bridges

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