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.

All labels observed (1)

Label Occurrences
Glen Shiel canonical 6

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (48)

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 na Sgine ⓘ
linked to: Sgùrr Fhuaran

Sgùrr na h-Ulaidh ⓘ
Sgùrr nan Spainteach ⓘ
linked to: Sgùrr na Càrnach

The Five Sisters of Kintail ⓘ
linked to: Kintail

The Saddle ⓘ
hasMountainRange Kintail mountains ⓘ
linked to: Kintail
hasNearbyProtectedArea Kintail National Scenic Area ⓘ
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 region ⓘ
linked to: Kintail
regionType mountain glen ⓘ
siteOf Battle of Glen Shiel ⓘ
traversedBy A87 road ⓘ
usedFor hillwalking ⓘ
mountaineering ⓘ
tourism ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (6)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Battle of Glen Shiel → location → Glen Shiel ⓘ
Lochalsh → near → Glen Shiel ⓘ
Loch Duich → near → Glen Shiel ⓘ
Shiel Bridge → locatedIn → Glen Shiel ⓘ
Kintail → contains → Glen Shiel ⓘ