BattlefieldsLord Loudon pursuit action at Dingwall 1746
Jacobite Risings

Lord Loudon pursuit action at Dingwall 1746

1746
Scotland
Era
Jacobite Risings
Battle Type
Pitched Battle
Location
Scotland
Status
Unregistered
The Combatants

Who Fought

Defeated
MacKenzie clan
Forces
MacKenzie clan survivors at Dingwall
VS
Victor
Government forces under Lord Loudon
Forces
Government forces under Loudon
Outcome
Loudon's government forces advance through Dingwall; MacKenzie clan resistance overcome; Easter Ross pacified
The Battle

History & Significance

As Cumberland's post-Culloden forces closed in from south and west, Lord Loudon reorganised his government forces in the north and advanced back through Easter Ross toward Inverness. At Dingwall, Loudon's forces encountered Jacobite MacKenzie and Munro clan remnants who had not yet submitted. A skirmish occurred as government forces pressed through the town. The MacKenzies of Seaforth — heavily committed at Glenshiel in 1719 and Culloden in 1746 — had their lands around Dingwall and resisted government advances before the chiefs submitted. Dingwall became the focal point for government control of Easter Ross in the weeks after Culloden.

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