Glen Coe & Loch Achtiochtan

On the 13 February 1692, in the aftermath of the Jacobite uprising of 1689, an incident known as the Massacre of Glencoe took place in the glen. Thirty-eight men from Clan MacDonald of Glencoe were killed by government forces billeted with them on the grounds they had not been prompt in pledging allegiance to the new monarchs, William II and Mary II.

Glen Coe is the remains of an ancient supervolcano. It is considered to be one of the best examples of subsidence calderas. The eruption happened about 420 million years ago during the Silurian period, and the volcano has long since become extinct.

The landscape was further shaped by the processes of glaciation during the last ice age, 10,000 years ago.

Walk Statistics: 11 miles, 28,100 steps, 26 floors climbed.