Glencoe
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Glencoe, which translates as ‘The Vale of Weeping’ is the site of the infamous massacre of the Macdonald clan by the Campbells in 1692. It is an area of dramatic scenery and weather, having a high rainfall all year round.
Valley in the Highland unitary authority, Scotland, extending 16 km/10 mi east from Rannoch Moor to Loch Leven. The mountains rise steeply on either side to over 1,000 m/3,300 ft, and the River Coe flows through the valley. Thirty-eight members of the Macdonald clan were massacred in Glencoe on 13 February 1692 by government troops led by Robert Campbell of Glenlyon; 300 escaped.
The area is popular for winter sports and rock-climbing. The Glencoe chair-lift and ski area lie just beyond the glen on the western side of Rannoch Moor.
Glencoe
| Town in Cook County, northeast Illinois; population (1990) 8,500. It is situated on Lake Michigan, a residential suburb 37 km/23 mi northwest of Chicago. The Chicago Botanic Garden is in the town. The poet Archibald MacLeish was born here in 1892. |
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