Descriptive gazetteer entries

These other entries in our collection of descriptive gazetteers are also about Killiecrankie. You may be able to find further references to Killiecrankie in the descriptive gazetteers by doing a full-text search here.

Place Type of entry Source
Killiecrankie, Pass of a contraction of the valley of the Garry Groome

Travel writing

This website includes the complete texts of books describing journeys around Britain, written between the twelfth and nineteenth centuries. Selecting one of the links below will take you to the first reference to Killiecrankie within the selected text. This will not always be a description of a visit: travellers often mention places other than where they are, for example as a basis for comparison.

Traveller Section No. of Refs.
Thomas Pennant July 24-31: Fife and Perthshire 1
Thomas Pennant August 1-6: Loch Tay to Deeside 1
Thomas Pennant August 30-September 5: The Great Glen and Argyll 1
Thomas Pennant Appendix VI: The Life of Sir Ewen Cameron of Lochiel 1

This website includes two large libraries, of historical travel writing and of entries from nineteenth century gazetteers describing places. We have text from these sources available for these places near your location:

Place Mentioned in Travel Writing Mentioned in Hist. Gazetteer
Tenandry 0 2
Faskally 0 2
Moulin 0 2
Blair Atholl 2 2
Pitlochry 0 2
Tayside 0 2
Tilt 0 4
Beinn Aghlo 0 2
Logierait 0 2
Foss 0 2
Atholl 0 3
Weem 0 2
Aberfeldy 0 2
Castle Menzies 0 2
Balnakilly 0 1
Kirkmichael 0 2
Dowally 0 2
Dull 0 2
Dalguise 0 2
Tummel 0 2