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Jacobite Risings

Jacobite capture of Inverness 1715

1715
Inverness-shire, Scotland
Also known as: Siege of Inverness 1715 · Mackintosh of Borlum takes Inverness
Era
Jacobite Risings
Battle Type
Siege
Location
Inverness-shire, Scotland
Status
Unregistered
The Combatants

Who Fought

Defeated
Government garrison
Forces
Government garrison c.150-200.
VS
Victor
Jacobites (Mackintosh of Borlum)
Forces
Jacobites c.1,500-2,000
Outcome
Inverness taken; government control of the north disrupted
The Battle

History & Significance

Brigadier Mackintosh of Borlum — the ablest Jacobite commander of 1715 — captured Inverness before being ordered south to join the fatal march into England that ended at Preston.

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Frequently Asked Questions

Protected heritage nearby

Scheduled Monuments near Jacobite capture of Inverness 1715

Inverness, site of Dominican friary and effigy of a knight, Friars' Street
Scheduled monument · ~0.3 miles
Remains of Cromwell's Fort, bastion west of Lotland Place, Inverness
Scheduled monument · ~0.7 miles
Caledonian Canal,Clachnaharry Sea Lock to Muirtown Quay
Scheduled monument · ~1.2 miles
Lower Slackbuie, unenclosed settlement 90m E of 1 West Heather Road
Scheduled monument · ~1.7 miles
Craig Phadrig,fort
Scheduled monument · Iron Age · ~1.7 miles
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