Killiecrankie
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Oct 22, 2026
Eoin InnesHOST
And there is another battlefield where the stories are particularly vivid.
Eoin InnesHOST
The Battle of Killiecrankie.
Eoin InnesHOST
Now, I believe I've spoken about Killiecrankie before, so I don't want to retell the entire battle story again, but it is worth returning to the landscape from a different perspective.
Eoin InnesHOST
On the 27th of July 1689, the Jacobites won a spectacular victory over the government troops.
Eoin InnesHOST
The battlefield was a killing ground.
Eoin InnesHOST
The Jacobites had won, but their commander, the aforementioned John Graham of Claverhouse, also known at this point as the Viscount of Dundee, was dead.
Eoin InnesHOST
And that victory ultimately failed to achieve what the Jacobites needed.
Eoin InnesHOST
Today, Killiecrankie has one of Scotland's most famous battlefield legends.
Bruce TuchakNARRATOR
By William Wordsworth.
Bruce TuchakNARRATOR
Read for LibriVox.org. Six thousand veterans practised in war's game, Tried men, at Killiecrankie were arrayed Against an equal host that wore the plaid, Shepherds and herdsmen.
Bruce TuchakNARRATOR
Like a whirlwind came The Highlanders.
Bruce TuchakNARRATOR
The slaughter spread like flame, And Garry, thundering down his mountain road, Was stopped, and could not breathe beneath the load Of the dead bodies.
Bruce KatchachNARRATOR
An Invasion Being Expected, October, 1803 by William Wordsworth.
Bruce KatchachNARRATOR
Read for LibriVox.org. Six thousand veterans practised in war's game, Tried men, at Killiecrankie were arrayed Against an equal host that wore the plaid, Shepherds and herdsmen.
Bruce KatchachNARRATOR
Like a whirlwind came The Highlanders: the slaughter spread like flame.
Bruce KatchachNARRATOR
And Garry, thundering down his mountain road, Was stopped, and could not breathe beneath the load Of the dead bodies.
Bruce TkachNARRATOR
An Invasion Being Expected: October 1803 by William Wordsworth.
Bruce TkachNARRATOR
Read for LibriVox.org. Six thousand veterans practiced in war's game, Tried men, at Killiecrankie were arrayed Against an equal host that wore the plaid, Shepherds and herdsmen.
Bruce TkachNARRATOR
Like a whirlwind came The Highlanders.
Bruce TkachNARRATOR
The slaughter spread like flame, And Garry, thundering down his mountain road, Was stopped, and could not breathe beneath the load Of the dead bodies.
Alan DouglasHOST
Yeah, but the, no, no, but obviously-
Lesley RiddochGUEST
But, um, you know, coming through Killiecrankie on the train, I mean, jeez, that's unbeatable.
Alan DouglasHOST
Yeah.
Lesley RiddochGUEST
And you would-
Kristen LuomaNARRATOR
The force which, in favourable circumstances, he could bring into the field amounted to five thousand fighting men, devoted to his service, accustomed to the use of target and broadsword, not afraid to encounter regular troops even in the open plain, and perhaps superior to regular troops in the qualifications requisite for the defence of wild mountain passes, hidden in mist and torn by headlong torrents.
Kristen LuomaNARRATOR
What such a force well directed could affect, even against veteran regiments and skilful commanders, was proved, a few years later, at Killiecrankie.
Kristen LuomaNARRATOR
But strong as was the claim of Argyll to the confidence of the exiled Scots, there was a faction among them which regarded him with no friendly feeling, and which wished to make use of his name and influence without entrusting to him any real power.
Kristen LuomaNARRATOR
The chief of this faction was a lowland gentleman who had been implicated in the Whig plot, and had with difficulty eluded the vengeance of the court, Sir Patrick Hume of Polwarth in Berwickshire.
Bruce KatchuckNARRATOR
This recording is in the public domain.
Bruce KatchuckNARRATOR
An Invasion Being Expected, October 1803 by William Wordsworth, read for LibriVox.org. Six thousand veterans practiced in war's game, tried men, at Killiecrankie were arrayed against an equal host that wore the plaid, shepherds and herdsmen.
Bruce KatchuckNARRATOR
Like a whirlwind came the Highlanders.
Bruce KatchuckNARRATOR
The slaughter spread like flame.