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Aldclune
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CountryScotland
Sovereign stateUnited Kingdom
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Scotland

Aldclune is a village in Perth and Kinross, Scotland. It is situated on the A9 road, approximately 1.5 miles west of Blair Atholl, on the north bank of the River Garry.[1] At the eastern edge of the village is the site of the Battle of Killiecrankie, which took place in 1689 during the Jacobite rising of 1689–92.

Glen Garry, taken from Meall Uaine, looking past Killiecrankie and Auldclune towards Blair Atholl

References

  1. ^ "Braemar and Blair Atholl", Ordnance Survey Landranger Map (C2 ed.), 2008, ISBN 0-319-23119-4