Glencoe

British

/ ɡlɛnˈkəʊ /

noun

a glen in W Scotland, in S Highland: site of a massacre of Macdonalds by Campbells and English troops (1692)

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It is 70 years since the first ski tow ran in Scotland, which was in the Main Basin at Glencoe.

From BBC • Feb. 19, 2026

Police knew he passed through Glencoe Village at about 18:00 on Friday before going on to the Bridge of Orchy Hotel in Argyll.

From BBC • Aug. 11, 2025

It’s Thursday, Sept. 25, 1975, and in a backyard citrus tree on South Glencoe Avenue in Venice, a Medfly is showing its foul face, its blue eyes and yellow belly.

From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 15, 2024

Glencoe Mountain Rescue Team described the pair as experienced hillwalkers.

From BBC • May 31, 2024

The “firelighters,” working the wide range again from Ancho to Hueco, from the Mal Pais to Glencoe, fell silent now, to mark an unstaled miracle.

From Bransford of Rainbow Range Originally Published under the title of Bransford in Arcadia, or, The Little Eohippus by Rhodes, Eugene Manlove

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