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Government disarming sweep Strathglass 1747

1747
Scotland
Era
modern
Battle Type
Pitched Battle
Location
Scotland
Status
Unregistered
The Combatants

Who Fought

Forces
Not recorded in historical accounts
Forces
Chisholm tenants in Strathglass
VS
Victor
British Government
Forces
Government infantry column from Fort Augustus
Outcome
Partial disarmament achieved; some Chisholm tenants prosecuted for wearing the plaid; estates of attainted supporters surveyed
The Battle

History & Significance

A government column swept through Strathglass seeking arms caches among the Chisholm clan following Culloden; the Chisholms had supported the Jacobite rising and the sweep enforced the Disarming Act and Dress Act simultaneously

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Scheduled Monuments near Government disarming sweep Strathglass 1747

Achratagan, hut circle and cairnfield 790m NNE of
Scheduled monument · ~1.5 miles
Corrimony, chambered cairn 600m ESE of
Scheduled monument · Neolithic · ~2.7 miles
Loch nam Faoileag, hut circles 730m NNW of Wester Balnagrantach
Scheduled monument · ~4.1 miles
Loch nam Bat, still 1790m N of Wester Balnagrantach
Scheduled monument · ~4.4 miles
Clachmhor, cup-marked stone
Scheduled monument · ~4.6 miles
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