Glen Coe is popular with locals and is used by many skiers from the Glasgow area as the nearest ski resort at under from the city centre. It forms part of the "Black Mount" estate, which is based on Loch Tulla which is to the South East. Other points of interest include The Study at the Pass of Glen Coe; the cave of Ossian, where tradition says that he was born. The Iona cross was erected in 1883 by a Macdonald in memory of his clansmen who perished in the massacre of 1692. There is car parking at the scenic waterfalls in
Battle of Glen Affric Battle of Glen Affric The Battle of Glen Affric () took place in 1721 in Glen Affric, in the Scottish Highlands. It was fought between Government backed forces of the Clan Ross against rebel the forces of the Clan Mackenzie and their allies the Clan Macrae. During the Jacobite rising of 1715 the chiefs of the Highland Clan Ross had supported the British-Hanoverian Government. The rising of 1715 was ultimately defeated at the Battle of Sheriffmuir and another rising had been defeated at the Battle of Glenshiel in 1719, where troops from the Clan Ross had fought in support of