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Killiecrankie

Killiecrankie
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Killiecrankie
Killiecrankie is located in Perth and Kinross
Killiecrankie
Killiecrankie
Killiecrankie shown within Perth and Kinross
OS grid reference NN913628
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56°44′39″N 3°46′44″W / 56.744121°N 3.778860°W / 56.744121; -3.778860Coordinates: 56°44′39″N 3°46′44″W / 56.744121°N 3.778860°W / 56.744121; -3.778860

Killiecrankie (/kɪlˈkræŋk/; 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 which has been bypassed since 1986. 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.

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 completely overwhelmed them in only 10 minutes. Donald MacBean, one of William II of Scotland's supporters, having lost the contest, is said to have cleared the pass, from one bank to the other, at "The Soldier's Leap". One of the most famous leaders of the rebellion John Graham of Claverhouse, Viscount Dundee was killed in the battle. A Memorial Field to the fallen soldiers lies within the grounds of the category B listed Urrard House. An eponymous folk song, Braes o' Killiecrankie, commemorates the battle. A 1966 recording by The Corries was a pioneering use of the music video.


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