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The Pass of Killiecrankie is a gorge at the lower end of Glen Garry in Atholl, Scotland. It leads from Glen Garry into Strath Tummel. The A9 Road, the Highland Main Line, and a former military road all run through the pass. The village of Killiecrankie lies at its northern end.
The Battle of Killiecrankie, [a] also known as the Battle of Rinrory, took place on 27 July 1689 during the 1689 Scottish Jacobite rising. An outnumbered Jacobite force under Sir Ewen Cameron of Lochiel and John Graham, Viscount Dundee , defeated a government army commanded by General Hugh Mackay .
Killiecrankie (/ ˌ k ɪ l iː ˈ k r æ ŋ k iː / ⓘ; Scottish Gaelic: Coille Chreithnich, meaning aspen wood) is a village in Perth and Kinross, Scotland on the River Garry. It lies at the Pass of Killiecrankie , by the A9 road which has been bypassed since 1986. [ 1 ]
Major Donald Cameron of Clunes (died 1719), officer of the Dutch service who fought against his father at Killiecrankie; Allan Cameron (died 1730), a Jacobite agent and courtier, married Isobel Fraser, daughter of Lord Lovat, and died in Rome; Margaret Cameron, married Alexander MacGregor Drummond of Balhaldie, ephemeral chief of Clan Gregor
The following is a 'list of British conservation sites listed in Derek Ratcliffe's 1979 book A Nature Conservation Review, the two-volume work which set out to identify the most important places for nature conservation in Great Britain.
Braes o' Killiecrankie is the name of four distinct folk songs, all originally from Scotland. The version that begins with the line "Whare hae ye been sae braw, lad?" (Roud 8187) is the one discussed here. The versions that begin with the line "Clavers and his highland men" are either the Scots version (Roud 8188) or the USA version (Roud 2572).
Despite a decisive Jacobite victory at Killiecrankie in July 1689, their charismatic leader John Graham, 1st Viscount Dundee was killed in the final attack. His death, combined with limited internal or external support, meant the rising never presented a real threat to the new administration of William II & III and Mary II .
On Saturday 13 February 1915 the 8.40am express train from Inverness to Perth derailed at the south end of Killiecrankie station. Three vehicles left the rails close to the River Garry which runs fifty feet below the railway embankment. A fourth vehicle left the rails in the middle of the tunnel, 200 yards further on but remained upright.