File:Soldier's Leap, Killiecrankie, Perthshire taken 1965 - geograph.org.uk - 744695.jpg
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[edit]DescriptionSoldier's Leap, Killiecrankie, Perthshire taken 1965 - geograph.org.uk - 744695.jpg |
English: Soldier's Leap, Killiecrankie, Perthshire taken 1965 Killiecrankie Pass was the site of a large battle between the Jacobites and the Orange Covenanters in 1689. In this particular battle, the Jacobites emerged victorious.
One of the only escape routes was the leap across this gorge. One soldier is recorded to have made the 18 foot leap with Highlanders chasing him with claymores swinging. http://www.darkisle.com/k/killiecrankie/killiecrankie.html |
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Source | From geograph.org.uk |
Author | Christine Matthews |
Attribution (required by the license) InfoField | Christine Matthews / Soldier's Leap, Killiecrankie, Perthshire taken 1965 / |
InfoField | Christine Matthews / Soldier's Leap, Killiecrankie, Perthshire taken 1965 |
Camera location | 56° 44′ 38″ N, 3° 46′ 44″ W | View this and other nearby images on: OpenStreetMap | 56.743810; -3.778800 |
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Object location | 56° 44′ 36″ N, 3° 46′ 47″ W | View this and other nearby images on: OpenStreetMap | 56.743260; -3.779600 |
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