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Dress Act enforcement in Glenmoriston, 1749

Q: When did Dress Act enforcement in Glenmoriston, 1749 take place?

Dress Act enforcement in Glenmoriston, 1749 took place in 1749, Scotland. Local magistrates and justices of the peace in the supervised districts including Glenmoriston were reportedly as lenient as possible, often accepting excuses (e.g. that a garment was a woman's plaid, an overdyed plaid, or trews rather than a kilt) to avoid convicting men found in Highland dress; the ban nonetheless remained nominally enforced until its repeal in 1782, by which time patrols had largely lapsed and prosecutions had ceased (none recorded after about 1760).

Q: Who won Dress Act enforcement in Glenmoriston, 1749?

British Government was victorious. Local magistrates and justices of the peace in the supervised districts including Glenmoriston were reportedly as lenient as possible, often accepting excuses (e.g. that a garment was a woman's plaid, an overdyed plaid, or trews rather than a kilt) to avoid convicting men found in Highland dress; the ban nonetheless remained nominally enforced until its repeal in 1782, by which time patrols had largely lapsed and prosecutions had ceased (none recorded after about 1760).

1749

Scotland

Era

modern

Battle Type

occupation

Location

Scotland

Status

Unregistered

The Combatants

Who Fought

Victor

British Government

Outcome

Local magistrates and justices of the peace in the supervised districts including Glenmoriston were reportedly as lenient as possible, often accepting excuses (e.g. that a garment was a woman's plaid, an overdyed plaid, or trews rather than a kilt) to avoid convicting men found in Highland dress; the ban nonetheless remained nominally enforced until its repeal in 1782, by which time patrols had largely lapsed and prosecutions had ceased (none recorded after about 1760).

The Battle

History & Significance

Dress Act enforcement in Glenmoriston, 1749 was a modern occupation, fought in Scotland in 1749. The victor was British Government. Local magistrates and justices of the peace in the supervised districts including Glenmoriston were reportedly as lenient as possible, often accepting excuses (e.g. that a garment was a woman's plaid, an overdyed plaid, or trews rather than a kilt) to avoid convicting men found in Highland dress; the ban nonetheless remained nominally enforced until its repeal in 1782, by which time patrols had largely lapsed and prosecutions had ceased (none recorded after about 1760).

The ground

The ground they fought on

The site of Dress Act enforcement in Glenmoriston, 1749 lies on Loch Eil Group, bedrock that formed in the Neoproterozoic. The rock here is psammite.

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Scheduled Monuments near Dress Act enforcement in Glenmoriston, 1749

Dundreggan Farm, motte 35m SW of

Scheduled monument · Medieval · ~0.8 mi

Dundreggan Farm Motte is a medieval earthwork located in Inverness-shire, Scotland, situated 35 metres south-west of Dundreggan Farm. This motte represents a common form of Norman and Anglo-Norman fortification that became widespread across Scotland during the 12th and 13th centuries. The monumen…

Tir nan Og, cairn 445m SSW of

Scheduled monument · ~3 mi

Tir nan Og is a cairn located in Inverness-shire, Scotland, situated 445 metres south-south-west of a nearby reference point. The monument stands upon bedrock of the Loch Eil Group, a psammite formation dating to the Neoproterozoic era, which underlies much of the local landscape with its charact…

Fort Augustus-Bernera military road, 570m SE of Achlain

Scheduled monument · ~3.2 mi

Fort Augustus–Bernera military road 570m south-east of Achlain is a length of an eighteenth-century drove and military road that survives as an earthwork in the upland terrain of Inverness-shire. The route served both civilian traffic and military purposes during the period of Highland developmen…

Cherry Island, crannog, Inchnacardoch Bay, Loch Ness

Scheduled monument · Iron Age–Medieval · ~5.2 mi

Cherry Island is a crannog located in Inchnacardoch Bay on Loch Ness in Inverness-shire, Scotland. The site consists of an artificial island dwelling that was constructed and occupied across a considerable chronological span, from the Iron Age through the Medieval period. Crannog construction tec…

Des Colhoun / CC BY-SA 2.0 / Wikimedia Commons

Caledonian Canal, Fort Augustus to Loch Ness

Scheduled monument · Iron Age · ~5.4 mi

Caledonian Canal, Fort Augustus to Loch Ness is a navigable waterway constructed through the Great Glen, linking the Atlantic Ocean to the North Sea across the Scottish Highlands. The canal extends from Fort Augustus southwestward to Loch Ness, forming part of the larger Caledonian Canal system t…

Caledonian Canal,Kyltra Lock to Fort Augustus

Scheduled monument · Iron Age · ~5.5 mi

Caledonian Canal, Kyltra Lock to Fort Augustus is a section of the early nineteenth-century canal that links the Great Glen lochs of the Scottish Highlands. This engineering achievement was designed to provide a sheltered sea route for vessels and to develop the local economy of the region. The c…

Balnacarn, township 550m WSW of

Scheduled monument · ~3.7 miles

Kilwhimen Barracks, Fort Augustus

Scheduled monument · Iron Age · ~5.3 miles

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