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  2. Glen Coe - Wikipedia

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    Coire nan Lochan, a corrie of Bidean nam Bian on the southern side of Glen Coe Glencoe by Hugh William Williams, c. 1825–1829. The glen is U-shaped, formed by an ice age glacier, [9] about 12.5 kilometres (7 + 3 ⁄ 4 mi) long with the floor of the glen being less than 700 metres (3 ⁄ 8 mi) wide, narrowing sharply at the "Pass of Glen Coe".

  3. Massacre of Glencoe - Wikipedia

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    The Massacre of Glencoe[a] took place in Glen Coe in the Highlands of Scotland on 13 February 1692. An estimated 30 members and associates of Clan MacDonald of Glencoe were killed by English government forces, allegedly for failing to pledge allegiance to the new monarchs, William III and Mary II. By May 1690, the Jacobite rising of 1689 had ...

  4. Henderson Stone - Wikipedia

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    Native name. Clach Eanruig (Scottish Gaelic) Coordinates. 56°40′52″N 5°05′46″W  /  56.6812°N 5.096°W  / 56.6812; -5.096. OS grid reference. NN 10443 58668. Location of Henderson Stone in Highland. The Henderson Stone (Clach Eanruig in Scottish Gaelic) is a granite boulder in a field in the Glencoe (Carnoch) area of Scotland.

  5. Battle of Talana Hill - Wikipedia

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    The Battle of Talana Hill, also known as the Battle of Glencoe, was the first major clash of the Second Boer War. A frontal attack by British infantry supported by artillery drove Boers from a hilltop position, but the British suffered heavy casualties in the process, including their commanding general Sir William Penn Symons .

  6. Jackson J. Spielvogel - Wikipedia

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    Writings. Spielvogel is the author of several textbooks commonly used in both college history and high school AP European History courses, including Western Civilization, and he has also adapted his historical work for elementary and middle school textbooks. His book Hitler and Nazi Germany was first published in 1987, with recent editions ...

  7. John Prebble - Wikipedia

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    The two other works were The Highland Clearances (1963) and Glencoe (1966). Glencoe was a study of the causes and effects of the Glencoe massacre in 1692, when government soldiers and members of the Campbell Clan attacked and killed members of Clan Donald who lived in Glencoe, a remote glen in the west highlands of Scotland. The book focuses on ...

  8. Massacre of Glencoe Monument - Wikipedia

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    The Massacre of Glencoe Monument is a memorial to the Massacre of Glencoe (Scottish Gaelic: Mort Ghlinne Comhann), which took place in Glen Coe in the Highlands of Scotland on 13 February 1692, following the Jacobite uprising of 1689–92. Sculpted by Alexander Macdonald and Co. of Aberdeen in 1883, a tapering 18-foot granite Celtic cross soars ...

  9. Coire Gabhail - Wikipedia

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    Coire Gabhail (Corrie of the Bounty, [1] or The Hollow of Capture [2]) is a high level glen in the Bidean nam Bian mountain massif to the south of Glen Coe, Highland, Scotland. Its narrow entrance 230 metres (750 ft) up the hillside conceals the width of the glen beyond, and it is commonly known as the Hidden Valley or Lost Valley of Glencoe.

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