Loch Ericht, running south from Dalwhinnie deep into the Rannoch wilderness, was a refuge for Jacobite fugitives after Culloden. Its remote shores — almost inaccessible except by boat — sheltered armed men who refused to submit. Government parties attempting to search the lochside encountered resistance. The surrounding country — Atholl to the east, MacPherson country to the north, Robertson territory to the west — was predominantly Jacobite. Prince Charles himself sheltered at Cluny's Cage on nearby Ben Alder in August 1746. Government soldiers operating in this territory were always at risk of ambush from armed fugitives who had nothing left to lose.
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