Tour Scotland photograph of a house in the village of Glencoe, Scotland. Within easy walking distance of the Glencoe mountains. The use of the term Glencoe Village is a modern one, to differentiate the settlement from the glen itself. The village is on the site of the Massacre of Glencoe in 1692, in which 38 members of the Clan MacDonald of Glencoe were killed by forces acting on behalf of the government of King William III following the Glorious Revolution. The village occupies an area of the glen known as Carnoch. Native Gaelic speakers who belong to the area always refer to the village as A'Charnaich, meaning " the place of cairns ". Even today there is Upper Carnoch and Lower Carnoch. Glencoe is a popular holiday destination.
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