BattlefieldsForfeited Estates Commission survey action Ardsheal 1749
modern

Forfeited Estates Commission survey action Ardsheal 1749

1749
Scotland
Era
modern
Battle Type
Pitched Battle
Location
Scotland
Status
Unregistered
The Combatants

Who Fought

Forces
Not recorded in historical accounts
Forces
Appin Stewart tenants defending their customary land arrangements
VS
Victor
Forfeited Estates Commission
Forces
Forfeited Estates surveyors with military escort
Outcome
Survey eventually completed under military escort; Ardsheal estate managed by Commission; tenants maintained customary payments to exiled Ardsheal in France
The Battle

History & Significance

Government surveyors from the Forfeited Estates Commission attempting to survey the forfeited Stewart of Ardsheal estate in Appin were threatened by armed locals; the confrontation demonstrated ongoing Appin Stewart clan resistance to government takeover of their chief's lands

Questions & Answers

Frequently Asked Questions

Aubrey Research

Explore the landscape around this battlefield

Aubrey generates in-depth historical research for any location in Britain — drawing on Domesday records, scheduled monuments, Victorian OS maps, geological data and archaeological archives to tell the full story of a place.

Research a location near this battlefield