Glencoe, Highland to differentiate the settlement from the glen itself. The village is on the site of the Massacre of Glencoe in 1692, in which 38 members of the Clan MacDonald of Glencoe were killed by forces acting on behalf of the government of King William III following the Glorious Revolution. The village occupies an area of the glen known as Carnoch. Native Gaelic speakers who belong to the area always refer to the village as A'Charnaich, meaning "the place of cairns". Even today there is Upper Carnoch and Lower Carnoch. A small hospital - currently empty - with emergency services at
Clan Henderson where there is a monument to him. Meanwhile, John Henderson, 5th of Fordell fought as a staunch royalist for the king during the Scottish Civil War. There were Hendersons in the far north of the country who lived in Glen Coe, in the Highlands. The English version of their name is taken from the Gaelic "Maceanruig", claiming descent from a Pictish prince, Eanruig Mor Mac Righ Neachtain, or "big Henry son of King Neachtain". Neachtain (Nechtan mac Der-Ilei) is said to have reigned between 700 and 724. It is not known when the Hendersons came to Glen Coe but it