Killiecrankie, Pass of

Killiecrankie, Pass of

(kĭlĭkrăng`ke), wooded pass, Perth and Kinross, central Scotland, through which the river Garry flows, near Pitlochry. There Jacobite Highlanders defeated (1689) a large government force under Hugh MacKay, and the Jacobite leader, Viscount Dundee, was killed.