BattlefieldsGovernment arms search Knoydart 1750
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Government arms search Knoydart 1750

1750
Scotland
Era
modern
Battle Type
Pitched Battle
Location
Scotland
Status
Unregistered
The Combatants

Who Fought

Forces
Not recorded in historical accounts
Forces
MacDonell of Glengarry tenants in Knoydart
VS
Victor
Not recorded in historical accounts
Forces
Government seaborne search party from Bernera Barracks
Outcome
Some arms found and seized; search party returned to Bernera; Knoydart remained under periodic government surveillance throughout the 1750s
The Battle

History & Significance

A government search party from Bernera Barracks made a seaborne landing in Knoydart to search for concealed weapons caches; the remote peninsula was suspected of harbouring arms for potential renewed Jacobite activity; the search found limited arms but demonstrated government intent to dominate even remote districts

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