Killiecrankie
Coordinates: 56°44′39″N 3°46′44″W / 56.744121°N 3.778860°W
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| OS grid reference | NN913628 |
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| Civil parish | Moulin |
| Council area | Perth and Kinross |
| Country | Scotland |
| Sovereign state | United Kingdom |
| Police | Tayside |
| Fire | Tayside |
| Ambulance | Scottish |
| EU Parliament | Scotland |
| List of places: UK • Scotland • | |
Killiecrankie (Gaelic: Coille Chreithnich) is a village in Perth and Kinross, Scotland on the River Garry. It lies at the Pass of Killiecrankie, by the A9 road.[1] The village is home to a power station forming part of the Tummel Hydro-Electric Power Scheme. Much of the riverbank is owned by the National Trust for Scotland.
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[edit] History
In 1689, during the Jacobite Rebellion, the Battle of Killiecrankie was fought on the northern edge of the village. The Highland charge of the Jacobites took the government forces under General Hugh MacKay by surprise and they were completely overwhelmed in only 10 minutes. Donald MacBean, one of William III of England's supporters, having lost the contest, is said to have cleared the pass, from one bank to the other, at "The Soldier's Leap". The battle, disastrous as it was to the government forces, was in reality the end of the insurrection, for the controlling and commanding genius of the rebellion John Graham of Claverhouse, Viscount Dundee was killed in the battle.
An eponymous folk song commemorates the battle. A 1966 recording by The Corries was a pioneering use of the music video.
[edit] Television
Mary Ann Kennedy was the presenter of a BBC Four television series The Highland Sessions, which was filmed in Killiecrankie. Many notable musicians and singers from Ireland and Scotland performed in the sessions.[2]
[edit] References
- ^ "Braemar and Blair Atholl", Ordnance Survey Landranger Map, 2008, ISBN 0319231194
- ^ "The Highland Sessions". All Celtic Music. http://www.allcelticmusic.com/dvd/7edf74ce-e2e0-11df-9d53-12313b076c61/Highland%20Sessions.html. Retrieved 17 December 2010.
[edit] External links
Chisholm, Hugh, ed (1911). "Killiecrankie". Encyclopædia Britannica (11th ed.). Cambridge University Press.
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