GLENCOE  , a glen in See also:

• SCOTLAND
• SCOTLAND, CHURCH OF
• SCOTLAND, EPISCOPAL CHURCH OF

Scotland, situated in the See also:

• NORTH
• NORTH, BARONS
• NORTH, MARIANNE (1830—1890)
• NORTH, ROGER (1653-1734)
• NORTH, SIR THOMAS (1535?-16o1?)

north of See also:

• ARGYLL, EARLS AND DUKES OF

Argyll-See also:

• SHIRE

shire . Beginning at the north-eastern See also:

• BASE

base of Buchaille Etive, it takes a See also:

• GENTLE (through the Fr. gentil, from Lat. gentilis, belonging to the same gens, or family)

gentle north-See also:

• WESTERLY

westerly trend for 10 m. to its mouth on See also:

• LOCH, HENRY BROUGHAM LOCH, 1ST BARON (1827-1900)

Loch See also:

• LEVEN
• LEVEN, ALEXANDER LESLIE, 1ST EARL OF (c. 1580-1661)
• LEVEN, LOCH

Leven, a See also:

• SALT (a common Teutonic word, cf. Dutch zout, Ger. Salz, Scand. salt; cognate with Gr. &Xs, Lat. sal)
• SALT, SIR TITUS, BART

salt-See also:

• WATER

water See also:

• ARM (a common Teutonic word; the Indo-European root is ar, to join or fit; cf. the Lat. armus, shoulder, and the plural word arma, weapons, Gr. apphs, joint, and the reduplicated apapilKSV, to join)

arm of Loch Linnhe . On both sides it is shut in by See also:

• WILD, JONATHAN (c. 1682-1725)

wild and precipitous mountains and its See also:

• BED
• BED (a common Teutonic word, cf. German Bett, probably connected with the Indo-European root bhodh, seen in the Lat. fodere, to dig; so " a dug-out place " for safe resting, or in the same sense as a garden " bed ")

bed is swept by the See also:

• COE

Coe—See also:

• OSSIAN

Ossian's " dark Cona,"—which rises in the hills at its eastern end . About See also:

• HALF

half-way down the glen the stream forms the tiny Loch Triochatan . Towards Invercoe the landscape acquires a softer beauty . Here See also:

• LORD
• LORD (O. Eng. hldford, i.e. hldfweard, the warder or keeper of bread, hlIf, loaf; the word is not represented in any other Teutonic language)
• LORD, JOHN (1810-1894)

Lord Strathcona, who, in 1894, See also:

• PURCHASED

purchased the heritage of the Macdonalds of Glencoe, built his stately See also:

• MANSION (through O. Fr. mansion, mod. maison, from Lat. mansio, dwelling-place, stage on a journey; manere, to remain)

mansion of See also:

• MOUNT, WILLIAM SIDNEY (1807-1868)

Mount Royal . The See also:

• PRINCIPAL

principal mountains on the See also:

• SOUTH
• SOUTH, ROBERT (1634–1716)

south See also:

• SIDE
• SIDE (mod. Eski Adalia)

side are the various peaks of Buachaille Etive, Stob Dearg (3345 ft.), Bidean nam Bian (3756 ft.) and Meall Mor (2215 ft.), and on the See also:

• NORTHERN

northern side the Pap of Glencoe (2430 ft.), Sgor nam Fiannaidh (3168 ft.) and Meall Dearg (3118 ft.) . Points of See also:

• INTEREST

interest are the See also:

• DEVIL (Gr. &a,3oXos, " slanderer," from &ctflisXX sty, to slander)

Devil's See also:

• STAIRCASE

Staircase, a steep, See also:

• BOULDER
• BOULDER (short for " boulder-stone," of uncertain origin; cf. Swed. bullersten, a large stone which causes a noise of rippling water in a stream, from bullra, to make a loud noise)

boulder-strewn " cut " (1754 ft. high) across the hills to Fort See also:

• WILLIAM
• WILLIAM (1143-1214)
• WILLIAM (1227-1256)
• WILLIAM (1J33-1584)
• WILLIAM (A.S. Wilhelm, O. Norse Vilhidlmr; O. H. Ger. Willahelm, Willahalm, M. H. Ger. Willehelm, Willehalm, Mod.Ger. Wilhelm; Du. Willem; O. Fr. Villalme, Mod. Fr. Guillaume; from " will," Goth. vilja, and " helm," Goth. hilms, Old Norse hidlmr, meaning
• WILLIAM (c. 1130-C. 1190)
• WILLIAM, 13TH

William; the Study; the See also:

• CAVE (Lat. cavea, from caves, hollow)
• CAVE, EDWARD (1691–1754)
• CAVE, WILLIAM (1637–1713)

cave of Ossian, where tradition says that he was See also:

• BORN, IGNAZ, EDLER VON (1742–1791)

born, and the See also:

• IONA

Iona See also:

• CROSS

cross erected in 1883 by a See also:

• MACDONALD, FLORA (1722—1790)
• MACDONALD, GEORGE (1824-1905)
• MACDONALD, JACQUES ETIENNE JOSEPH
• MACDONALD, JOHN SANDFIELD (1812-1872)
• MACDONALD, LAWRENCE (1799-1878)
• MACDONALD, SIR HECTOR ARCHIBALD (1852-1903)
• MACDONALD, SIR JOHN ALEXANDER (1815-1891)

Macdonald in memory of his clansmen who perished in the See also:

• MASSACRE

massacre of 1692 . About m. beyond the See also:

• HEAD (in 0. Eng. heafad; the word is common to Teutonic languages; cf. Dutch hoofd, Ger. Haupt, generally taken to be in origin connected with Lat. caput, Gr. KerbOvi7)
• HEAD, SIR EDMUND WALKER, BART
• HEAD, SIR FRANCIS BOND, BART

head of the glen is Kingshouse, a relic of the old coaching days, when it was customary for tourists to drive from Ballachulish via Tyndrum to Loch See also:

• LOMOND, LOCH

Lomond . Now the Glencoe excursion is usually made from See also:

• OBAN

Oban—by See also:

• RAIL

rail to Achnacloich, steamer up Loch Etive, See also:

• COACH (through the Fr. coche, originally from the Magyar kocsi, an adjective from the Hungarian place named Kocs, between Raab and Buda, i.e. the sort of vehicle used there in the 15th century)

coach up Glen Etive and down Glencoe and steamer at Ballachulish to Oban . One mile to the See also:

• WEST
• WEST, BENJAMIN (1738-1820)
• WEST, NICHOLAS (1461-1533)

west of the Glen lies the See also:

• VILLAGE

village of BALLACIIULISH (pop . 1143) .

It is celebrated for its See also:

• SLATE (properly CLAY SLATE; in M. Eng. slat or sclat, from O. Fr. esclat, a small piece of wood used as a tile; esclater, to break into pieces, whence modern Fr. eclat, the root being seen also in Ger. schleissen, to split)

slate quarries, which have been worked since 176o . The See also:

• INDUSTRY (Lat. industria, from indu-, a form of the pre, position in, and either stare, to stand, or struere, to pile up)

industry provides employment for 600 men and the See also:

• ANNUAL

annual output averages 30,000 tons . The slate is of excellent quality and is used throughout the See also:

• UNITED

United See also:

• KINGDOM

Kingdom . Ballachulish is a station on the See also:

• CALLANDER

Callander and Oban See also:

• EXTENSION (Lat. ex, out ; tendere, to stretch)

extension See also:

• LINE

line to Fort William (Caledonian railway) . The See also:

• PIER (older forms per or Pere, from Med. Lat. pera; the word for piers out of water. For river piers, where a firm, watertight is of obscure origin, and the connexion with Fr. Pierre, Lat. stratum is found at a moderate depth below the river-bed, the pctr

pier and See also:

• FERRY (from the same root as that of the verb " to fare," to journey or travel, common to Teutonic languages, cf. Ger. fahren; it is connected with the root of Gr. 7ropos, way, and Lat. portage, to carry)
• FERRY, JULES FRANCOIS CAMILLE (1832—1893)

ferry are some 2 M . W. of the village .