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Killiecrankie

[kil-ee-krang-kee]

noun

  1. a mountain pass in central Scotland, in the Grampians.



Killiecrankie

/ ˌkɪlɪˈkræŋkɪ /

noun

  1. a pass in central Scotland, in the Grampians: scene of a battle (1689) in which the Jacobites defeated William III's forces but lost their leader, Viscount Dundee

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In 2021, Tom Tsappis and Matilda Ruffle, both in their 30s, opened the five-room Killiecrankie House in a 19th-century former vicarage in Perthshire.

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And the government has come up against opposition to parts of the project, including a section at the site of the 1689 Battle of Killiecrankie.

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Francois-Marie Dibon, 44, completed 765 leaps at Garry Bridge in Killiecrankie, Perthshire.

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Francois-Marie Dibo will do his final jump at Garry Bridge, Killiecrankie, Perthshire, at 10:00 on Wednesday.

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Emergency services were called to the southbound carriageway between Blair Atholl and Pitlochry, near Killiecrankie, about 22:35 on Friday.

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