Editing Massacre of Glencoe (section)

== Aftermath and legacy ==
[[File:McCulloch, Glencoe, Argyllshire.jpg|left|thumb|upright=1.2|Glencoe, by Horatio McCulloch, 1864; depopulated in the 18th century by the [[Highland Clearances]], McCulloch shows it as the remote and empty landscape it remains today.]]

The brutality of the Massacre shocked Scottish society and became a [[Jacobitism|Jacobite]] symbol of post-1688 oppression. In [[Jacobite rising of 1745|1745]], [[Charles Edward Stuart|Prince Charles]] ordered Leslie's pamphlet and the 1695 Parliamentary minutes reprinted in the Edinburgh ''Caledonian Mercury''.{{sfn|Hopkins|1998 |p=1}} Glencoe then largely disappeared from public knowledge until it was referenced by historian [[Thomas Babington Macaulay|Thomas Macaulay]] in his 1850 ''[[The History of England from the Accession of James the Second|History of England]]''.{{sfn|Macaulay|1859|p=277}} He sought to exonerate William from every one of Leslie's charges, and is the origin of the claim that the Massacre was simply part of an ongoing feud between the MacDonalds and [[Clan Campbell]].{{sfn|Firth|1918|p=287}}

[[Victorian era]] Scotland developed values that were both [[Unionism in the United Kingdom|Unionist]] and [[British Empire|Imperialist]], while also being uniquely Scottish.{{sfn|Morris|1992|pp=37–39}} Historical divisions meant this was largely expressed through a shared cultural identity, while the teaching of Scottish, rather than British history, virtually disappeared from universities.{{sfn|Kidd|1997|p=100}} One modern historian suggests this meant that instead of being analysed as an historical event, Glencoe was incorporated into 'the emotional trappings of the Scottish past...bonnie Scotland of the bens, [[glen]]s and misty [[shieling]], the Jacobites, [[Mary, Queen of Scots]], tartan mania and the raising of historical statuary.'{{sfn |Ash|1980|p=10}} 

Even when the study of Scottish history re-emerged in the 1950s, Leslie's writings continued to shape views of William's reign as disastrous for Scotland. The Massacre became one of several incidents used to illustrate this perspective, others including the Darien scheme, the [[Seven ill years|famine of the late 1690s]], and the [[Acts of Union 1707|1707 Union]].{{sfn|Kennedy|2017|pp=32–33}} 

The Massacre is still commemorated in an annual ceremony by the Clan Donald Society. Initiated in 1930, this is held at the Upper Carnoch memorial, a tapering Celtic cross installed in 1883 at the eastern end of Glencoe village.<ref>{{cite journal |url=http://canmore.rcahms.gov.uk/en/site/71831/ |title=Site Record for Glencoe, Massacre Of Glencoe Memorial; Macdonald's Monument; Glencoe Massacre |publisher=Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments of Scotland |access-date=4 November 2013}}. Memorial is at {{gbmapping|NN1050958793}}.</ref> Another memorial includes the [[Henderson Stone]], a granite boulder south of Carnach, originally known as the 'Soldier's Stone'.{{sfn|Dorson|1971|p=156}} In the late 19th century, it was renamed ''Clach Eanruig'', or 'Henry's Stone', after the man reputed to be [[Bagpipes|Piper]] to MacIain.{{sfn|Donaldson|1876|pp=298, 301}}