Glen Coe: The Supervolcano and the Massacre of 1692
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Glen Coe: The Supervolcano and the Massacre of 1692
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Glen Coe is a glacial trench cut through the remains of a supervolcano whose caldera-forming eruptions took place about 420 million years ago. The south side rises in the Three Sisters, shoulders of the Bidean nam Bian massif split by Coire Gabhail and Coire nan Lochan; the north side is the single wall of the Aonach Eagach ridge. On 13 February 1692 government soldiers quartered on the MacDonalds of Glencoe killed an estimated 30 of their hosts, and Signal Rock in the woods below is traditionally said to be where the signal was given.
Required Activities
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Stop at the Three Sisters viewpoint on the A82
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of 4
Walk into the Lost Valley, Coire Gabhail, between the Sisters
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of 4
Walk through the woods to Signal Rock
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of 4
Look up at the Aonach Eagach wall from the glen floor
Stop at the Three Sisters viewpoint on the A82
Walk into the Lost Valley, Coire Gabhail, between the Sisters
Walk through the woods to Signal Rock
Look up at the Aonach Eagach wall from the glen floor
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