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Jacobite Risings

Clan Grant and government operations in Strathspey 1689

1689
Inverness-shire, Scotland
Era
Jacobite Risings
Battle Type
Skirmish
Location
Inverness-shire, Scotland
Status
Unregistered
The Combatants

Who Fought

Defeated
Jacobite raiders (Camerons and allied clans)
VS
Victor
Government (Grants)
Outcome
Ludovick Grant, 8th of Freuchie, raised around 600-700 men in 1689 to defend the Spey for the Williamite government against Viscount Dundee's Jacobite army. Dundee's force crossed the Spey and marched on toward Inverness largely unopposed, so this initial defence did not stop the crossing. Afterwards, Grant forces captured a party of Camerons from Dundee's army who were looting in Strathspey and hanged them; in retaliation, Camerons attacked the Grant garrison at Glen Urquhart, which repelled the assault.
The Battle

History & Significance

Clan Grant and government operations in Strathspey 1689 was a Jacobite skirmish, fought in the area of Inverness-shire, Scotland in 1689. Government (Grants) prevailed over Jacobite raiders (Camerons and allied clans). Ludovick Grant, 8th of Freuchie, raised around 600-700 men in 1689 to defend the Spey for the Williamite government against Viscount Dundee's Jacobite army. Dundee's force crossed the Spey and marched on toward Inverness largely unopposed, so this initial defence did not stop the crossing. Afterwards, Grant forces captured a party of Camerons from Dundee's army who were looting in Strathspey and hanged them; in retaliation, Camerons attacked the Grant garrison at Glen Urquhart, which repelled the assault.

The ground

The ground they fought on

The site of Clan Grant and government operations in Strathspey 1689 lies on Grampian Group, bedrock that formed in the Neoproterozoic. The rock here is psammite and semipelite.

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Scheduled Monuments near Clan Grant and government operations in Strathspey 1689

Castle Roy
Castle Roy
Scheduled monument · ~1.9 mi

Castle Roy is a motte-and-bailey castle situated near Nethy Bridge in Inverness-shire, dating to the early medieval period, likely the twelfth or thirteenth century. The monument comprises a substantial earthwork mound surmounted by a timber or stone fortification, typical of Norman defensive arc…

Tom Pitlac, Motte
Tom Pitlac, Motte
Scheduled monument · Medieval · ~3.6 mi

Tom Pitlac Motte is a medieval motte located in Inverness-shire, Scotland, and is protected as a scheduled monument by Historic Environment Scotland. The motte sits on bedrock of the Grampian Group, a Neoproterozoic formation composed primarily of psammite and semipelite, metamorphic rocks that f…

Finlarig, chapel and enclosure 300m W of
Finlarig, chapel and enclosure 300m W of
Scheduled monument · Medieval · ~4.1 mi

Finlarig chapel and enclosure is a medieval religious site situated in Morayshire, three hundred metres west of the settlement from which it takes its name. The monument comprises a chapel structure and its surrounding enclosure, typical of the small rural sanctuaries that served local communitie…

Congash, chapel, burial ground and symbol stones, 500m SE of
Congash, chapel, burial ground and symbol stones, 500m SE of
Scheduled monument · Medieval · ~5.6 mi

Congash is a medieval chapel, burial ground and symbol stones located in Inverness-shire in the Scottish Highlands. The site occupies ground underlain by Grampian Group bedrock, a metamorphic sequence of psammite and semipelite formed during the Neoproterozoic era. This ancient geology provides t…

Loch Nan Carraigean, cairns 40m S of
Loch Nan Carraigean, cairns 40m S of
Scheduled monument · ~6.4 mi

Loch Nan Carraigean cairns, located 40 metres south of the loch in Inverness-shire, is a Bronze Age burial monument comprising a group of stone cairns. The site lies on bedrock of the Grampian Group, Neoproterozoic psammite and semipelite formations that characterise much of the Scottish Highland…

Upper Port, standing stones W of
Upper Port, standing stones W of
Scheduled monument · Bronze Age · ~7 mi

Upper Port is a Bronze Age standing stone monument located in Morayshire, Scotland. The stone rises from bedrock belonging to the Grampian Group, metamorphic deposits of psammite and semipelite formed during the Neoproterozoic era. This ancient geological foundation has anchored the monument thro…

Petriny Motte, 150m N of Mains of Garten
Scheduled monument · ~2.6 miles
Tullochgorum,chambered cairn & stone circle 450m W of
Scheduled monument · Neolithic · ~2.9 miles
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