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Glen Coe
Scotland's most famous glen (
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combines those two essential qualities of High-
lands landscape: dramatic scenery and deep history. The peacefulness and beauty of this
valley today belie the fact that it was the scene of a ruthless 17th-century massacre, when
the local MacDonalds were murdered by soldiers of the Campbell clan. Some of the glen's
finest walks - to the Lost Valley, for example - follow the routes used by the clanspeople
trying to flee their attackers, and where many perished in the snow.
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