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Bliadhna nan Caorach Killearnan gathering 1792

1792
Scotland
Era
modern
Battle Type
Pitched Battle
Location
Scotland
Status
Unregistered
The Combatants

Who Fought

Forces
Not recorded in historical accounts
Forces
sheriff's officers and military detachment
VS
Victor
Not recorded in historical accounts
Forces
Black Isle tenants
Outcome
Gathering dispersed after military arrival; no violence but participants identified for future reprisals; part of wider 1792 resistance pattern
The Battle

History & Significance

The Killearnan gathering at the Black Isle near Conon was a staging and coordinating point for the Year of the Sheep resistance; tenants from Black Isle parishes gathered to plan and carry out the expulsion of sheep from surrounding straths in August 1792

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Protected heritage nearby

Scheduled Monuments near Bliadhna nan Caorach Killearnan gathering 1792

St John's Chapel,Allangrange
Scheduled monument · ~0.3 miles
Croftcrunie,enclosed cremation cemetery 175m S of
Scheduled monument · ~0.7 miles
Bogallan Wood, cairn 105m SW of The Croft
Scheduled monument · ~1.7 miles
Culnacraigh,hut circle 450m NNW of
Scheduled monument · ~2.4 miles
Coul Point, crannog 1030m SW of
Scheduled monument · Iron Age–Medieval · ~2.5 miles
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