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Jacobite Risings

Pursuit after Culloden 1746

1746
Inverness-shire, Scotland
Also known as: Cumberland pacification of the Highlands 1746 · Burning of the glens 1746
Era
Jacobite Risings
Battle Type
Skirmish
Location
Inverness-shire, Scotland
Status
Unregistered
The Combatants

Who Fought

Defeated
Jacobite remnants
Forces
c.9,000 rested government (Cumberland); decisive final defeat
VS
Victor
Government (Duke of Cumberland)
Forces
c.5,000-7,000 exhausted Jacobites
Outcome
Systematic destruction of Jacobite clans; multiple small skirmishes across the Highlands
The Battle

History & Significance

The post-Culloden pacification under Cumberland — burning glens, killing fugitives, destroying clan society — earned him the name Butcher Cumberland and effectively ended Highland Jacobitism.

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Protected heritage nearby

Scheduled Monuments near Pursuit after Culloden 1746

Dell Farm,burial mounds 350m NE of
Scheduled monument · ~4.9 miles
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