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Jacobite Risings

Disarming sweep in Aberdeenshire 1746

1746
Aberdeenshire, Scotland
Era
Jacobite Risings
Battle Type
Skirmish
Location
Aberdeenshire, Scotland
Status
Unregistered
The Combatants

Who Fought

Forces
Not recorded in historical accounts
VS
Victor
Government forces
Outcome
Military columns swept northeast Aberdeenshire seizing weapons and levying fines on Jacobite families
The Battle

History & Significance

Aberdeenshire disarming enforced the 1746 Act; removed weapons from northeast Jacobite clans

Forces Involved

Government disarming parties c. 400–600; local resistance c. 100–300.

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Protected heritage nearby

Scheduled Monuments near Disarming sweep in Aberdeenshire 1746

Christchurch, stone circle and standing stone, Midmar
Scheduled monument · Bronze Age · ~0.1 miles
Midmar, Church, settlement and (Cunningar) motte
Scheduled monument · Medieval · ~0.5 miles
Sunhoney,stone circle 240m NW of
Scheduled monument · Bronze Age · ~1.2 miles
Craiglea, cairn 265m W of
Scheduled monument · ~1.2 miles
Craiglea, ring-marked boulder 440m WNW of
Scheduled monument · ~1.3 miles
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