Glen Shiel

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Glen Shiel is a mountain glen in the Northwest Highlands of Scotland, noted for its dramatic scenery and historical significance as the site of an early 18th-century Jacobite battle.

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Glen Shiel canonical 2

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Predicate Object
instanceOf glen
valley
battleInvolved British government forces
Jacobite forces
Spanish troops
country Scotland
drainsInto Loch Duich
GaelicName Gleann Seile
hasMountain Aonach Meadhoin
Beinn Fhada
Ciste Dhubh
Sgùrr Fhuaran
Sgùrr a’ Bhac Chaolais
Sgùrr na Ciste Duibhe
Sgùrr na Càrnach
Sgùrr Fhuaran
surface form: Sgùrr na Sgine

Sgùrr na h-Ulaidh
Sgùrr na Càrnach
surface form: Sgùrr nan Spainteach

Kintail
surface form: The Five Sisters of Kintail

The Saddle
hasMountainRange Kintail
surface form: Kintail mountains
hasNearbyProtectedArea Kintail National Scenic Area
National Trust for Scotland
surface form: National Trust for Scotland Kintail estate
hasNearbySettlement Inverinate
Shiel Bridge
hasRecreationRoute Cape Wrath Trail (passes nearby)
Cluanie to Kintail ridge routes
hasScenicFeature narrow floor
rugged peaks
steep-sided valley walls
hasWatercourse River Shiel
historicalEventDate 1719
historicalPeriod Jacobite risings
knownFor dramatic scenery
historical significance
mountain landscape
languageOfToponym Scottish Gaelic
locatedIn Northwest Highlands
Scottish Highlands
locatedInAdministrativeTerritory Highland council area
locatedOn Scottish mainland
partOf Kintail
surface form: Kintail region
regionType mountain glen
siteOf Battle of Glen Shiel
traversedBy A87 road NERFINISHED
usedFor hillwalking
mountaineering
tourism

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