Massacre of Glencoe Monument
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The Massacre of Glencoe Monument is a memorial to the Massacre of Glencoe (Scottish Gaelic: Mort Ghlinne Comhann), which took place in Glen Coe in the Highlands of Scotland on 13 February 1692, following the Jacobite uprising of 1689–92.
| Massacre of Glencoe Monument | |
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| Artist | Alexander Macdonald and Co. |
| Year | 1883 |
| Medium | Granite |
| Location | Glen Coe, Scotland |
| 56°40′56″N 5°5′43″W | |
Sculpted by Alexander Macdonald and Co. of Aberdeen in 1883, a tapering 18-foot granite Celtic cross soars up from a rugged cairn above the river in Upper Carnoch.[1] Its design is based on the elaborate Gosforth Cross.[2] An annual wreath-laying ceremony is held at the Monument to commemorate those who fell in the massacre.[3]
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