Soldier's Leap Killiecrankie Highland Perthshire Scotland

Tour Scotland travel video of the Soldier's Leap on ancestry visit to Killiecrankie, Highland Perthshire. In 1689, during the Jacobite Rebellion, the Battle of Killiecrankie was fought on the northern edge of the village. The Highland charge of the Jacobites took the government forces under General Hugh MacKay by surprise and they were completely overwhelmed in only 10 minutes. Donald MacBean, one of William III of England's supporters, having lost the contest, is said to have cleared the pass, from one bank to the other, at The Soldier's Leap.

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