Battlefields›Battle of Clifton Moor
Jacobite Risings

Battle of Clifton Moor

1745
Cumberland, England
Era
Jacobite Risings
Battle Type
Skirmish
Location
Cumberland, England
Status
Unregistered
The Combatants

Who Fought

Defeated
Government (Cumberland)
Forces
c.500 government dragoons (Bland)
VS
Victor
Jacobites (Cluny MacPherson)
Forces
c.1,000 Jacobite rearguard
Outcome
Jacobite rearguard victory; retreat from England covered
The Battle

History & Significance

The last battle fought on English soil — a rearguard action as the Jacobite army retreated from Derby back to Scotland. Cluny MacPherson's Highlanders ambushed Cumberland's advance guard at Clifton Moor in the dark. The Highlanders held off the dragoons long enough for Prince Charles's main army to escape across the border.

Questions & Answers

Frequently Asked Questions

Protected heritage nearby

Scheduled Monuments near Battle of Clifton Moor

Bowl barrow 760m SSE of Old Church
Scheduled monument · ~0.7 miles
Bowl barrow 710m south east of Old Church
Scheduled monument · ~0.7 miles
Romano-British farmstead and associated enclosure 770m ESE of Old Church
Scheduled monument · ~0.8 miles
Written Rock of Gelt: Roman quarry inscriptions
Scheduled monument · ~0.9 miles
Four Romano-British farmsteads 370m south east of Old Church
Scheduled monument · ~0.9 miles
More from this era

Other Jacobite Risings Battles

Battle of Clunes 1665
1665
Inverness-shire, Scotland
Battle of Inverlair 1665
1665
Inverness-shire, Scotland
Battle of Sron an t-Saighdeir
1665
Inverness-shire, Scotland
MacDonald of Keppoch murders 1663
1663
Inverness-shire, Scotland
Aubrey Research

Explore the landscape around Cumberland

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 Cumberland
All Battlefields