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Jacobite Risings

Glenmoriston Men, guerrilla resistance, 1746

1746
Inverness-shire, Scotland
Era
Jacobite Risings
Battle Type
Campaign
Location
Inverness-shire, Scotland
Status
Unregistered
The Combatants

Who Fought

Defeated
Glenmoriston men
VS
Victor
Government forces
Outcome
Seven Glenmoriston Jacobites (led by Patrick 'Black Peter' Grant of Craskie) lived as outlaws after Culloden, raiding government soldiers and sympathisers and sheltering the fugitive Charles Edward Stuart in their cave for several weeks in July 1746 before he escaped to France. Separately, around 84 Glenmoriston and Glenurquhart men were tricked into surrendering at Inverness in May 1746 by their chief Ludovic Grant on a false promise of clemency, and were instead transported to Barbados as indentured labour; only a handful survived to return to Scotland.
The Battle

History & Significance

Glenmoriston Men, guerrilla resistance, 1746 was a Jacobite campaign, fought in the area of Inverness-shire, Scotland in 1746. Government forces prevailed over Glenmoriston men. Seven Glenmoriston Jacobites (led by Patrick 'Black Peter' Grant of Craskie) lived as outlaws after Culloden, raiding government soldiers and sympathisers and sheltering the fugitive Charles Edward Stuart in their cave for several weeks in July 1746 before he escaped to France. Separately, around 84 Glenmoriston and Glenurquhart men were tricked into surrendering at Inverness in May 1746 by their chief Ludovic Grant on a false promise of clemency, and were instead transported to Barbados as indentured labour; only a handful survived to return to Scotland.

The ground

The ground they fought on

The site of Glenmoriston Men, guerrilla resistance, 1746 lies on Loch Eil Group, bedrock that formed in the Neoproterozoic. The rock here is psammite.

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Scheduled Monuments near Glenmoriston Men, guerrilla resistance, 1746

Fort Augustus-Bernera Military Road, 1890m W of Ceannacroc Lodge
Fort Augustus-Bernera Military Road, 1890m W of Ceannacroc Lodge
Scheduled monument · ~3.7 mi

Fort Augustus-Bernera Military Road is a scheduled monument located in Inverness-shire, approximately 1890 metres west of Ceannacroc Lodge. The road represents part of the military infrastructure developed in the Scottish Highlands during the 18th century, following the Jacobite uprisings. These…

Fort Augustus-Bernera military road, 570m SE of Achlain
Fort Augustus-Bernera military road, 570m SE of Achlain
Scheduled monument · ~4.3 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…

Tir nan Og, cairn 445m SSW of
Tir nan Og, cairn 445m SSW of
Scheduled monument · ~4.4 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…

Dundreggan Farm, motte 35m SW of
Dundreggan Farm, motte 35m SW of
Scheduled monument · Medieval · ~6.5 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…

Balnacarn, township 550m WSW of
Scheduled monument · ~3.3 miles
Badger Fall, still 150m SSE of, Glen Affric
Scheduled monument · ~9 miles
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