The massacre of Glencoe is one of the most infamous days in all Scottish history.Although it’s the Campbells who are most associated with the massacre of the MacDonalds, it was less about Clan rivalry and more about bringing Highland clans into line behind the new King William the 3rd.William demanded that all the clans sign an oath of allegiance to him. Any clan signing the oath before 1st January 1692 would be pardoned.The MacDonalds however were already sworn to King James (2nd of England, 7t

The Massacre of Glencoe Monument is a memorial to the Massacre of Glencoe , which took place here in the Highlands of Scotland on the 13th of February 1692, following the Jacobite uprising of 1689–92. Sculpted by Alexander Macdonald and Co. of Aberdeen in 1883, a tapering 18-foot granite Celtic cross soars up from a rugged cairn above the river in Upper Carnoch. Its design is based on the elaborate Gosforth Cross. An annual wreath-laying ceremony is held at the Monument to commemorate those who