Pass of Killiecrankie


Three miles north of Pitlochry by the A9 road, the Pass of Killiecrankie, is a gorge lying between 2757 ft Ben Vrackie and Tenandry Hill in Perth and Kinross on the River Garry.
The river-gorge traverses the pass over the course of a mile, and above it, the road and the railway, with the village of Killiecrankie at the north end. Much of the area is owned by the National Trust for Scotland.
About a mile toward the village of Killiecrankie, the Battle of Killiecrankie took place in 1689.
There was also a ship, a 3 masted bark named the Pass of Killiecrankie of the Killiecankie line. The ship was later renamed Stifinder.
Killiecrankie is part of the Loch Tummel National Scenic Area, one of 40 such areas in Scotland, which are defined so as to identify areas of exceptional scenery and to ensure its protection by restricting certain forms of development.

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