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The Soldiers Leap
10 minutes Posted Oct 23, 2020 at 9:12 am.
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Magnificent wooded river gorge where, on 27 July 1689, the first shots in the Battle of Killiecrankie were fired in what was one of the goriest battles in Jacobite history. Soldier’s Leap is the spot where a Redcoat soldier leapt 18ft across the raging River Garry, fleeing the Jacobites.

 

As told by the Highland Historian