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Jacobite Risings

Highland Road construction skirmish at Corrievairack 1747

1747
Inverness-shire, Scotland
Era
Jacobite Risings
Battle Type
Skirmish
Location
Inverness-shire, Scotland
Status
Unregistered
The Combatants

Who Fought

Defeated
Highland resisters
Forces
Highland resisters: c.200-400.
VS
Victor
Government forces
Forces
Government: c.500-800 road construction troops & military
Outcome
Government engineers and troops encountered resistance while extending military road over Corrievairack Pass
The Battle

History & Significance

Military roads through the Highlands were instrument of post-Culloden pacification and control

Questions & Answers

Frequently Asked Questions

Protected heritage nearby

Scheduled Monuments near Highland Road construction skirmish at Corrievairack 1747

Corrieyairack Pass,military road,Melgarve to Allt Ruadh
Scheduled monument · ~3.1 miles
Corrieyairack Pass,military road,Allt Ruadh to watershed
Scheduled monument · ~4.1 miles
Corrieyairack Pass,military road,watershed to Allt Lagan a'Bhainne
Scheduled monument · ~5.7 miles
St Kenneth's Church and cross slab, Laggan
Scheduled monument · ~5.8 miles
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