Corrie Chaoll from the Bridge of Three Waters

Category

Library Item

Item no

24558

Title

Corrie Chaoll from the Bridge of Three Waters, Glencoe

Artist / maker

Wilson, George Washington

Date

1880

Size

11.6 x 19.4 cm

Type

Photograph

Location

Edinburgh and Scottish Collection

Glen Coe is a steep-sided valley climbing steadily south east from the village of Glencoe on the sea-loch, Loch Leven. It eventually emerges from its enveloping mountains onto the wet plateau of Rannoch Moor ten miles away and at an altitude of over 1,000 feet.

The Massacre of Glencoe took place in Glen Coe in the Highlands of Scotland on 13 February 1692, following the Jacobite uprising of 1689-92. Thirty-eight members of Clan MacDonald of Glencoe were killed by government forces billeted with them, on the grounds they had not been prompt in pledging allegiance to the new monarchs, William III of England and II of Scotland and Mary II. The Hendersons of Glencoe, who were the bodyguards of the MacDonalds, were also among those who fell during the massacre. The MacDonald chief's personal attendant and piper, Big Henry of the Chanters, who was said to be 6 feet, 7 inches tall, was among those killed. An unknown number are alleged to have later died of exposure, estimates range from 40 to 100.

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