Join the National Trust for Scotland and Highland Cinema on the 331st anniversary of the day the order for the notorious Glencoe massacre was given, for a fascinating historical and archaeological talk by Derek Alexander, Head of Archaeology at National Trust for Scotland, followed by the 60 minute 1972 film, ‘The Massacre Of Glencoe’.
The valley of Glencoe is notorious as the location of the brutal 1692 massacre of the MacDonalds by the Campbells, but until recently little was known about what remained of the settlement that existed at the time. Now, though, archaeological fieldwork by the National Trust for Scotland has shed new light on 17th and 18th century remains within the glen. Recent excavations at Achtriachtan in the middle of the glen located the remains of a small township, which yielded exciting evidence that the National Trust was able to use to construct a replica 17th century turf house.
The Massacre of Glencoe took place on 13 February 1692, the morning after Captain Robert Campbell of Glenlyon received orders to destroy the MacDonald clan. An estimated 38 members and associates of Clan MacDonald of Glencoe were killed by Scottish government forces, allegedly for failing to pledge allegiance to the new monarchs, William III and Mary II.
