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Stafford evictions resistance at Gruids 1821

1821
Scotland
Era
modern
Battle Type
Pitched Battle
Location
Scotland
Status
Unregistered
The Combatants

Who Fought

Forces
Not recorded in historical accounts
Forces
Military detachment
VS
Victor
Not recorded in historical accounts
Forces
Gruids tenant community
Outcome
Resistance overcome with military support; Gruids cleared; tenants relocated to coastal crofts at Brora and Golspie
The Battle

History & Significance

Tenants at Gruids in Lairg parish resisted clearance by factor Patrick Sellar's successor; women formed the front line of resistance against sheriff's officers serving writs of removal; the confrontation required military presence before proceedings could continue

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Protected heritage nearby

Scheduled Monuments near Stafford evictions resistance at Gruids 1821

Balcharn, chambered cairn 120m W of
Scheduled monument · Neolithic · ~0.7 miles
River Shin,stone circle on W bank of,S of Lairg
Scheduled monument · Bronze Age · ~0.8 miles
The Ord, chambered cairns, cairns, settlements and field systems
Scheduled monument · Neolithic · ~1.2 miles
Lairg Moor South, chambered cairn 290m N of Sydney House
Scheduled monument · Neolithic · ~1.2 miles
Lairg Muir North, chambered cairn 500m NW of Culbuie
Scheduled monument · Neolithic · ~1.3 miles
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