2012

NN1058 : Glencoe Massacre Memorial

taken 12 years ago, near to Glencoe, Highland, Scotland

Glencoe Massacre Memorial
Glencoe Massacre Memorial
"The Laird of Glencoe was butchered several days ago in the most barbarous manner, although he was amenable to the present Government. The Laird of Glenlyon, a captain in Argyll's Regiment, following the explicit orders of Colonel Hill, Governor of Inverlochy [Fort William], went at night to Glencoe with a body of soldiers; and the soldiers, having entered the houses, killed the Laird of Glencoe, two of his sons, thirty-six men or children, and four women. It had been resolved in this manner to wipe out the rest of the inhabitants, notwithstanding the amnesty that had been granted them, but about two hundred escaped. It has been rumoured that the Laird was killed in an ambush with his weapons in his hands, in order to diminish the horror of so barbarous an action, which would have made all nations see what little trust can be placed on the words of those who rule."
-- Paris Gazette, 11th April 1692

[Not wholly accurate: the massacre took place in February, and John Prebble's book 'Glencoe' (1966) gives a figure of at least 38 killed.] LinkExternal link

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kim traynor   (more nearby)
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Sunday, 6 May, 2012   (more nearby)
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Friday, 11 May, 2012
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OSGB36: geotagged! NN 1050 5879 [10m precision]
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OSGB36: geotagged! NN 1050 5879
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