SAVED FOR NATION

Evening Star, Issue 22144, 26 September 1935, Page 1

SAVED FOR NATION

■ HISTORIC GLENCOE Historic and picturesque Glencoe in Argyllshire has been saved for the nation” by the National Trust for Scotland, says 1 The Times/ This region of mountain peaks, rushing nyer, and secluded vale was in former times a most inaccessible' place, but now its grandeur has been thrown open to the motorist and holi-day-maker by the construction of a splendid new road through the glen. By that means Glencoe has become a popular resort for tourist traffic drawn thither not only by the magnificent scenery, but. also by the tragic associations or the massacre of the Maclans of Clan Donald that took place in the glen in 1692. The Maclan had been lato in taking the oath of loyalty to the English Government and the order was given to extirpate those who dwelt in Glencoe.

There was a fear that the opening up of the district by the new road would lead to the exploitation of the glen by tourist caterers. _ Hotels and tea rooms have already invaded the scene, and those who are anxious to preserve the glen against too much commercialism will welcome the fact that the greater portion of it is now in the keeping of the National Trust for Scotland for preservation against abuse. Nothing now remains of the dwellings of ; the MacDonalds who were the victims of the massacre save a few stones which mark the places where the hamlets stood, but the names of the clachans are continued though other buildings occupy the sites.

When the -tensive property of Glencoe, wln v belonged to Lord Strathcona air Mount Royal, was sold to Messrs G. E.' and W. R. Lambert, of Bournemouth, there was widespread concern about the future of the historic ground. But the estate came into the market again and the National Trust purchased the Signal Rock and the Clachaig Hotel, property which included the reputed site of one of the principal scenes of the massacre. Now the National Trust have ex-

tended their purchase to include a tract of about 1,770 acres eastwards from the Clachaig Hotel and hounded by the River Coe on the south and by the towering mountains on the north. The trust will not discourage tourist traffic, but they will take precautions against the desecration of the glen by those who are merely commerciallyminded.

Germany lias a village with the curinanie of Solitude. It js near Flensburg in Schleswig Holstein, close to the Danish border. So far as British post office telegrams are concerned, July, August, and September are the busiest months, and February is the slackest. Thirty thousand bales of wool. destroyed' in fire at Goldsbrough Mort and Co.’s stores at Prymont.