This piece is from Rannoch Moor,a Bog land just north of Glen Coe, Place steeped in Natural Beauty and a tragic past. I was driving south thorugh on the main road to GelnCoe and passing this stunning Vista of Bogland and multiple Lochans when all wind stopped and the water stilled and i got to see Scotland in all its wonder,The world was still and Mother Nature did its special spell and allowed me to show you her beauty. "Imagine you were here over 400 years ago, in the 17th century, when there were no paved roads or cars. It would have taken many hours to cross the Moor. You may have felt isolated or overwhelmed by the rugged terrain, particularly if bad weather set in. Indeed, many travellers back then thought the Highlands were an inhospitable and dangerous place. It was not just the distances and changeable weather that intimidated visitors; this landscape was the home of a number of Scottish clans. Outsiders, especially the English, saw the clans as fierce and troublesome people, and this helped shape their view that this was an unsafe land. While clans sometimes raided cattle from each other, on the whole they lived peacefully side-by-side. To many it was the English who were dangerous, as they wanted to control the people and land here. But by the late 17th century, differing political opinions between the clans caused tension. The English provoked these differences as a way to keep the Scots divided and subdued. In January 1692 the British Government ordered all clan leaders to swear allegiance to King William III. The MacDonald clan lived just north of Rannoch Moor in Glen Coe. Unfortunately, their chief was a few days late in swearing allegiance and in the meantime the Government sent an order for troops to deal with any disobedience. One person this order was passed to was Captain Campbell; head of a rival clan to the MacDonalds. Campbell’s men took the MacDonalds by surprise and killed 38 people. Many more died trying to escape over the freezing moors and mountains. This incident became known as the Glencoe Massacre and memories of it haunted the region for decades. Many outsiders viewed the massacre as evidence of the clans’ violent nature, reinforcing their sense that this was a place of savagery and wildness." The Moor has been the Backdrop of several scenes from 'OutLander' InspirationaOriginal,and Meditational Imagery from Aéngus@saoirsepictures