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Gordon estate disarming Strathbogie 1747

1747
Scotland
Era
modern
Battle Type
Pitched Battle
Location
Scotland
Status
Unregistered
The Combatants

Who Fought

Forces
Not recorded in historical accounts
Forces
Gordon estate tenants in Strathbogie
VS
Victor
British Government
Forces
Government infantry column
Outcome
Arms collected; the Gordon estates confirmed as compliant with the Disarming Act; northeastern Highlands pacified without further confrontation
The Battle

History & Significance

Government troops enforced the Disarming Act on the Gordon estates in Strathbogie; the Gordons had been divided in the 1745 rising and the disarming sweep was used to consolidate government control over the northeastern Highlands

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Scheduled Monuments near Gordon estate disarming Strathbogie 1747

Dunbennan Old Church,church and burial ground
Scheduled monument · Medieval · ~1.1 miles
Huntly Market Square, symbol stone and standing stone
Scheduled monument · Bronze Age · ~1.4 miles
Huntly Castle
Scheduled monument · ~1.7 miles
Kinnoir Old Church,church 550m WSW of Corse of Kinnoir
Scheduled monument · Medieval · ~3.3 miles
Gerrieswells,long barrow and round cairn 400m ESE of
Scheduled monument · Bronze Age · ~4.2 miles
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