Battlefields›Bliadhna nan Caorach Strathconon sheep expulsion 1792
modern

Bliadhna nan Caorach Strathconon sheep expulsion 1792

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

Who Fought

Forces
Not recorded in historical accounts
Forces
Lowland sheep farmer interests; military from Inverness
VS
Victor
Not recorded in historical accounts
Forces
Strathconon tenant community
Outcome
Sheep temporarily expelled; sheriff's officers unable to restore order without military; military from Inverness eventually arrived; sheep farmers reinstated
The Battle

History & Significance

Strathconon tenants participated in the Year of the Sheep resistance by driving Lowland sheep from the strath; the Ross-shire coordinated action across multiple valleys in August 1792 represented the first large-scale organised Highland resistance to the commercial transformation of the landscape

Questions & Answers

Frequently Asked Questions

Protected heritage nearby

Scheduled Monuments near Bliadhna nan Caorach Strathconon sheep expulsion 1792

Dun, 790m NNE of Glenmeanich
Scheduled monument · ~3.7 miles
Carn Na Buaile fort, 780m NNW of Comrie
Scheduled monument · ~5.3 miles
Little Garve Bridge, 80m E of Tigh Na Drochit
Scheduled monument · ~5.3 miles
More from this era

Other modern Battles

Sacheverell riot Birmingham 1715
1715
England
Anti-Hanoverian riot at Oxford 1715
1715
England
Sacheverell riots Birmingham 1715
1715
Warwickshire, England
Battle of Beachy Head (1690)
1690
Sussex, England
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
All Battlefields