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Ballachulish in Highland, Scotland, United Kingdom — Northwestern Europe (the British Isles)
 

Massacre of Glencoe Memorial

Clan MacDonald

 
 
Massacre of Glencoe Memorial Marker image. Click for full size.
Photographed by Brandon Fletcher, June 18, 2013
1. Massacre of Glencoe Memorial Marker
Inscription.
This Cross
is Reverently Erected
in the 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

 
Topics. This historical marker and memorial is listed in this topic list: Wars, Non-US. A significant historical date for this entry is February 13, 1692.
 
Location. 56° 40.943′ N, 5° 5.707′ W. Marker is in Ballachulish, Scotland, in Highland. It is on Upper Carnoch, on the left. Touch for map. Marker is in this post office area: Ballachulish, Scotland PH49 4HU, United Kingdom. Touch for directions.

Regionally, this marker and memorial is in Scotland’s Highlands. Globally, it is on the Atlantic Ocean, in the North Atlantic Region, on the Atlantic Arc, in Europe, on the Celtic Fringe, in Atlantic Europe, on one of the British Isles, in the Western World, and in the Anglosphere.

 
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Mountains of Glencoe image. Click for full size.
Photographed by Brandon Fletcher, June 18, 2013
2. Mountains of Glencoe
<i>Glencoe. The Scene of the Massacre</i> image. Click for full size.
Postcard by Valentine & Sons, Ltd., circa 1920
3. Glencoe. The Scene of the Massacre
Massacre of Glencoe Memorial Marker - Wide View image. Click for full size.
Photographed by Brandon Fletcher, June 18, 2013
4. Massacre of Glencoe Memorial Marker - Wide View
 
 
Credits. This page was last revised on January 27, 2022. It was originally submitted on July 19, 2015, by Brandon Fletcher of Chattanooga, Tennessee. This page has been viewed 1,421 times since then and 55 times this year. Photos:   1, 2. submitted on July 19, 2015, by Brandon Fletcher of Chattanooga, Tennessee.   3. submitted on July 20, 2015.   4. submitted on July 19, 2015, by Brandon Fletcher of Chattanooga, Tennessee. • Andrew Ruppenstein was the editor who published this page.
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