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Love Scotland: Stories of Scotland's History and Nature

Betrayed! How the dark days of the Glencoe Massacre are being recreated, 330 years on

Feb 11, 2022
33:21

Jackie Bird heads to Glencoe with the National Trust for Scotland’s Derek Alexander and Lucy Doogan.

To mark 330 years since the massacre of the MacDonald clan at Glencoe, Jackie Bird heads north to see how work on a recreated turf house will help to tell the full story of one of the most harrowing moments in Scottish history.

On 13 February 1692 38 men, women and children were murdered in cold Scottish army companies of Argyll’s Foot Regiment. For two weeks prior to the bloodshed, clan members had played host to the soldiers in their modest turf-dwellings on the slopes of the glen.

As the Trust opens its faithfully restored turf house at the site, we hear how a better insight into the way the clans of Glencoe lived will bring the history of the massacre to new generations of visitors.

Also in this episode, Cameron hears about a wonderful plaything on show at Helensburgh’s Hill House.

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