Glencoe

Glen Coe valley is quite historic as it is near the site of the Massacre of Glencoe in the 1690s, in which MacDonalds and Hendersons were killed by the Campbells acting on the orders of King William.   

Early in the morning of 13 February 1692, an infamous massacre took place in Glen Coe.  This incident is referred to as the Massacre of Glencoe.  The massacre began simultaneously in three settlements along the glen—Invercoe, Inverrigan, and Achnacon—although the killing took place all over the glen as fleeing MacDonalds were pursued. Thirty-eight MacDonalds from the Clan MacDonald of Glencoe were killed by the guests who had accepted their hospitality.  Another forty women and children died of exposure after their homes were burned.  

The Glencoe massacre became a propaganda piece for Jacobite sympathies, which were to come to a head in the next generation in the Rising of 1745. In the Victorian era  interest was revived and the massacre was romanticized in art and literature, such as Sir Walter Scott's "The Highland Widow".  

Due to the involvement of Argyll's regiment under Glenlyon's command, the massacre was regarded by many not as a government action, but as a consequence of the ancient MacDonald–Campbell rivalry. Memory of this massacre has been kept alive by continued ill feeling between MacDonalds and Campbells. Since the late 20th century the Clachaig Inn, a hotel and pub in Glencoe popular with climbers, has had a sign on its door saying "No Hawkers or Campbells" although it has been said that this is probably more for the amusement of tourists than from any lasting sense of revenge.

This display clearly shows how the Highland are a series of crags and valleys

One would never know the bloody history of this place if one finds only the beauty of the scenery.

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And off we go