Blair Atholl and Killiecrankie: The Last Private Army and the Soldier's Leap
Grampian and Tayside, Scotland
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Blair Atholl and Killiecrankie: The Last Private Army and the Soldier's Leap
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Blair Castle, ancestral home of Clan Murray and historic seat of the Dukes of Atholl, is said to have been begun in 1269 by John Comyn, Lord of Badenoch, and still garrisons the Atholl Highlanders, the only legal private army in Europe. Four miles south, the Jacobites of Viscount Dundee broke a government army under Hugh Mackay in the Pass of Killiecrankie on 27 July 1689, winning at heavy cost and losing Dundee himself in the last moments.
Required Activities
1
of 4
Tour Blair Castle and its white-harled front
2
of 4
Walk the castle's Hercules Garden and the Diana Grove
3
of 4
Walk the Pass of Killiecrankie to the Soldier's Leap
4
of 4
Look for the Atholl Highlanders' parade if you are there in late May
Tour Blair Castle and its white-harled front
Walk the castle's Hercules Garden and the Diana Grove
Walk the Pass of Killiecrankie to the Soldier's Leap
Look for the Atholl Highlanders' parade if you are there in late May
Before you go
The Atholl Highlanders parade at Blair Castle in late May.
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