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Who wants to go on a Highlands adventure?! 🙋‍♀️🏔️ 📍 Glencoe📷 Instagram.com/ally_deans75
06/01/2025

Who wants to go on a Highlands adventure?! 🙋‍♀️🏔️

📍 Glencoe
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Can never tire of a stunning Highland view! 😍🙌 Thanks to for this classic shot at Glencoe, who's visiting the Highlands...
06/01/2025

Can never tire of a stunning Highland view! 😍🙌

Thanks to for this classic shot at Glencoe, who's visiting the Highlands this year? 🙋

One of the most recognisable cottages in ! 🏡❤️ Great snap from taken whilst touring the Highlands ✨ ...
06/01/2025

One of the most recognisable cottages in ! 🏡❤️
Great snap from taken whilst touring the Highlands ✨

One of the most recognisable cottages in Scotland! 🏡❤️ 📍 Glencoe, Highlands📷 Instagram.com/calcowie
06/01/2025

One of the most recognisable cottages in Scotland! 🏡❤️

📍 Glencoe, Highlands
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Can never tire of a stunning Highland view! 😍🙌📍 Glencoe📷 Instagram.com/tbd_photo
06/01/2025

Can never tire of a stunning Highland view! 😍🙌

📍 Glencoe
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Who'd love to go on a Scottish road trip in 2025? 🙋💖📍 Glencoe, Highlands📷 Instagram.com/ppjncyc
06/01/2025

Who'd love to go on a Scottish road trip in 2025? 🙋💖

📍 Glencoe, Highlands
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Glencoe from above Achnambeithach From the path up Coire nam Beithach, with the Aonach Eagach forming the backdrop
06/01/2025

Glencoe from above Achnambeithach From the path up Coire nam Beithach, with the Aonach Eagach forming the backdrop

Achnambeithach Glencoe Achnambeithach, sitting beside Loch Achtriochtan, on the south side of Glencoe
06/01/2025

Achnambeithach Glencoe Achnambeithach, sitting beside Loch Achtriochtan, on the south side of Glencoe

The outflow from Loch Achtriochtan The River Coe continues on its way, with Glencoe in a damp mood
06/01/2025

The outflow from Loch Achtriochtan The River Coe continues on its way, with Glencoe in a damp mood

Blackrock Cottage, lies at the foot of Meall a’ Bhuiridh at the entrance to Glen Coe, post code PH49 4HZ. OS map 41, GR ...
06/01/2025

Blackrock Cottage, lies at the foot of Meall a’ Bhuiridh at the entrance to Glen Coe, post code PH49 4HZ. OS map 41, GR NN268530

Buachaille Etive Mòr (Scottish Gaelic: Buachaille Èite Mòr, 'great herdsman of Etive'), also known simply in English as ...
06/01/2025

Buachaille Etive Mòr (Scottish Gaelic: Buachaille Èite Mòr, 'great herdsman of Etive'), also known simply in English as 'The Buachaille', is a mountain at the head of Glen Etive in the Highlands of Scotland. Its pyramidal shape, as seen from the northeast, makes it one of the most recognisable mountains in Scotland, and one of the most depicted on postcards and calendars.

Buachaille Etive Mòr is a large ridge nearly five miles (8 km) long, almost entirely encircled by the River Etive and its tributary the River Coupall. The ridge contains four main peaks: from north-east to south-west these are Stob Dearg (1,021.4 m), Stob na Doire (1,011 m), Stob Coire Altruim (941 m) and Stob na Bròige (956 m). Stob Dearg and Stob na Bròige are both Munros; the latter was promoted to Munro status by the Scottish Mountaineering Club in 1997.
To the west is the smaller ridge, Buachaille Etive Beag.

The Massacre of Glencoe took place in Glen Coe in the Highlands of Scotland on 13 February 1692. An estimated 30 members...
06/01/2025

The Massacre of Glencoe 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 Scottish government forces, allegedly for failing to pledge allegiance to the new monarchs, William III and Mary II.

Although the Jacobite rising of 1689 had largely been suppressed by May 1690, a continuing need to police the Highlands diverted military resources from the Nine Years' War in Flanders. In late 1690, clan leaders loyal to the exiled House of Stuart agreed to swear allegiance to William and Mary, in return for a cash payment of £12,000. However, disagreements over how this should be divided between the clans meant by December 1691 none had taken the oath.

In response, Lord Stair, Scottish Secretary of State, decided to show the consequences of further delay. While others, including the Keppoch MacDonalds, also missed the deadline, the Glencoe MacDonalds appear to have been selected due to a combination of clan politics, and a reputation for lawlessness.

While similar events were not unknown in earlier Scottish history, this was no longer the case by 1692, and the brutality of the massacre shocked contemporaries. It became a significant element in the persistence of Jacobitism in the Highlands during the first half of the 18th century, and remains a powerful symbol to this day.

Glencoe post office and red telephone box.Glencoe or Glencoe Village (Gaelic: A’ Chàrnaich) is the main settlement in Gl...
06/01/2025

Glencoe post office and red telephone box.
Glencoe or Glencoe Village (Gaelic: A’ Chàrnaich) is the main settlement in Glen Coe in the Lochaber area of the Scottish Highlands. It lies at the north-west end of the glen, on the southern bank of the River Coe where it enters Loch Leven (a salt-water loch off Loch Linnhe).

Loch Leven (Scottish Gaelic: Loch Liobhann) is a sea loch located onto the west coast of Scotland. It is spelled Loch Ly...
06/01/2025

Loch Leven (Scottish Gaelic: Loch Liobhann) is a sea loch located onto the west coast of Scotland. It is spelled Loch Lyon in Timothy Pont's map of the area and is pronounced Li' un. However, the local Gaelic pronunciation is Lee' oon

Loch Leven extends 8+3⁄4 miles (14.1 km), varying in width between 220 yards (200 m) and just over 1 mile (1.6 km). It opens onto Camus a' Chois at North Ballachulish, part of Loch Linnhe at its western end. There are nine small islands, some rocky and covered with heather and some just smooth green grass, near the western end of the loch.

The village of Glencoe (Scottish Gaelic: A' Chàrnaich) lies on its southern shore. The burial place of the MacDonald clan of Glencoe lies on an island - Eilean Munde, St.Munda's or St Munn's or Saint Fintan Munnu's Island, opposite the village. The island burial place was also shared by the Camerons of Callart, which is on the north shore of the loch, the Stewarts of Ballachulish and Appin and other local families.

The Pap of Glencoe (Scottish Gaelic: Sgorr na Cìche) is a mountain on the northern side of Glen Coe, in the Highlands of...
06/01/2025

The Pap of Glencoe (Scottish Gaelic: Sgorr na Cìche) is a mountain on the northern side of Glen Coe, in the Highlands of Scotland. It lies at the western end of the Aonach Eagach ridge, directly above the point where the River Coe enters Loch Leven.

The Pap is so named as it has a distinctive conical shape resembling a female breast (see: pap), particularly when viewed from the west. It forms part of the "classic" view of the entrance to Glen Coe.

The simplest route of ascent starts from the unclassified road between Glencoe village and the Clachaig Inn. A pebble path leaves the road about 1 kilometre (5⁄8 mi) west of the youth hostel, and passes a white house on the left, reaching the bealach between the Pap and Sgor nam Fiannaidh, from where the Pap may be climbed. The final stretch up to the bealach forms a pathway by small gully; this section is often extremely muddy and boggy. The final 100 metres (330 ft) of ascent require some easy scrambling, and care is needed under winter conditions.

The Pap may also be climbed from the Kinlochleven side, though this is far less common.

The meeting of the three waters, Glen Coe
06/01/2025

The meeting of the three waters, Glen Coe

The Pap of Glencoe (Scottish Gaelic: Sgorr na Cìche) is a mountain on the northern side of Glen Coe, in the Highlands of...
06/01/2025

The Pap of Glencoe (Scottish Gaelic: Sgorr na Cìche) is a mountain on the northern side of Glen Coe, in the Highlands of Scotland. It lies at the western end of the Aonach Eagach ridge, directly above the point where the River Coe enters Loch Leven.

The Pap is so named as it has a distinctive conical shape resembling a female breast (see: pap), particularly when viewed from the west. It forms part of the "classic" view of the entrance to Glen Coe.

The simplest route of ascent starts from the unclassified road between Glencoe village and the Clachaig Inn. A pebble path leaves the road about 1 kilometre (5⁄8 mi) west of the youth hostel, and passes a white house on the left, reaching the bealach between the Pap and Sgor nam Fiannaidh, from where the Pap may be climbed. The final stretch up to the bealach forms a pathway by small gully; this section is often extremely muddy and boggy. The final 100 metres (330 ft) of ascent require some easy scrambling, and care is needed under winter conditions.

The Pap may also be climbed from the Kinlochleven side, though this is far less common.

Glencoe Lochan is a tract of forest, surrounding a small lake or lochan, located just north of Glencoe village in the Sc...
06/01/2025

Glencoe Lochan is a tract of forest, surrounding a small lake or lochan, located just north of Glencoe village in the Scottish Highlands. It was planted in the 1890s by Donald Alexander Smith, 1st Baron Strathcona and Mount Royal, with trees transplanted from the Pacific Northwest of Canada.

After acquiring the Glencoe Estate in 1895, Smith and his wife, Isabella Sophia Hardisty, moved from Canada to Scotland. Soon after their arrival, Isabella became increasingly homesick for her ancestral lands in Canada. In an attempt to abate his wife's depression, Smith had this forest painstakingly planted, and granted it to her as a private refuge.

The lochan is currently under the care of the Forestry Commission. There are trails around it and fishing for brown trout is possible with a permit purchased locally.

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