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Jacobite Risings

Dispersal at Ruthven 1746

1746
Inverness-shire, Scotland
Also known as: Final Jacobite assembly at Ruthven · Jacobite dispersal order 1746
Era
Jacobite Risings
Battle Type
Skirmish
Location
Inverness-shire, Scotland
Status
Unregistered
The Combatants

Who Fought

Defeated
Jacobites
Forces
Government patrols c.500+
VS
Victor
Government (by outcome)
Forces
Jacobites c.3,000–4,000 (dispersing)
Outcome
Jacobite survivors assemble at Ruthven and receive order to disperse; organised resistance ends
The Battle

History & Significance

The order to seek individual safety, received at Ruthven two days after Culloden, was the formal end of the 45 as a military enterprise.

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Protected heritage nearby

Scheduled Monuments near Dispersal at Ruthven 1746

Ruthven Barracks, Kingussie
Scheduled monument · ~0.9 miles
Lynchat, souterrain 550m WNW of, Kingussie
Scheduled monument · Iron Age · ~2.5 miles
Dunachton Lodge, symbol stone 75m SSW of
Scheduled monument · ~5.5 miles
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