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Jacobite Risings

Night march on Nairn 1746

1746
Nairnshire, Scotland
Era
Jacobite Risings
Battle Type
march
Location
Nairnshire, Scotland
Status
Unregistered
The Combatants

Who Fought

Defeated
Jacobites
VS
Victor
Government (by default)
Outcome
Jacobite night attack on the government camp at Nairn was abandoned when the column, disordered in darkness over unfamiliar ground, failed to reach the camp before dawn; the exhausted army straggled back to Culloden, with several hundred men missing the battle later that day.
The Battle

History & Significance

Night march on Nairn 1746 was a Jacobite march, fought in the area of Nairnshire, Scotland in 1746. Government (by default) prevailed over Jacobites. Jacobite night attack on the government camp at Nairn was abandoned when the column, disordered in darkness over unfamiliar ground, failed to reach the camp before dawn; the exhausted army straggled back to Culloden, with several hundred men missing the battle later that day.

The ground

The ground they fought on

The site of Night march on Nairn 1746 lies on Upper Old Red Sandstone, bedrock that formed in the Late Devonian. The rock here is conglomerate, sandstone, siltstone and mudstone.

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Scheduled Monuments near Night march on Nairn 1746

Meikle Kildrummie,enclosure 400m WNW of
Meikle Kildrummie,enclosure 400m WNW of
Scheduled monument · Post-Medieval · ~2.3 mi

Meikle Kildrummie is a post-medieval enclosure situated 400 metres west-north-west of Kildrummie in Nairnshire, Scotland. The monument comprises earthwork remains of a field or settlement enclosure dating to the period following the Scottish Reformation, when land management and rural settlement…

Little Kildrummie,settlements & funerary remains 750m WSW of
Little Kildrummie,settlements & funerary remains 750m WSW of
Scheduled monument · ~2.5 mi

Little Kildrummie is a settlement and funerary monument located in Nairnshire, some 750 metres west-south-west of the main settlement. The site sits upon Middle Old Red Sandstone bedrock, a geologically varied foundation of conglomerate, sandstone, siltstone and mudstone deposited during the Midd…

Dooket Hill, motte and doocot, Auldearn
Dooket Hill, motte and doocot, Auldearn
Scheduled monument · Medieval · ~2.6 mi

Dooket Hill is a medieval motte and doocot located in Nairnshire, Scotland. The motte, a raised earthwork typical of Norman defensive strategy, stands upon bedrock of Middle Old Red Sandstone formed during the Middle Devonian period. The underlying geology comprises a varied sequence of conglomer…

Geddes House,ring ditches 700m SW of
Geddes House,ring ditches 700m SW of
Scheduled monument · ~2.7 mi

Geddes House ring ditches is a prehistoric ceremonial monument located in Nairnshire, Scotland, situated approximately 700 metres south-west of Geddes House. The site comprises a series of concentric ring ditches, earthworks typical of Neolithic and Bronze Age ritual landscapes across northern Br…

Knockloam,ring-ditches 500m NW of
Knockloam,ring-ditches 500m NW of
Scheduled monument · ~2.8 mi

Knockloam ring-ditches is a Bronze Age ceremonial monument located approximately 500 metres north-west of Knockloam in Nairnshire, Scotland. Ring-ditches of this type typically represent the eroded remains of burial mounds, or barrows, where the encircling ditch has survived better than the centr…

Rait Castle
Rait Castle
Scheduled monument · ~2.8 mi

Rait Castle is a 13th-century motte-and-bailey castle situated in Nairnshire in the Scottish Highlands. The monument consists of an earthen mound topped by a timber or stone structure, characteristic of early medieval fortifications in Scotland, with an associated bailey or outer enclosure. The c…

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Fonn, three barrows 200m WSW of, Little Kildrummie
Scheduled monument · ~1.9 miles
Rait Castle, enclosure 320m NE of
Scheduled monument · Post-Medieval · ~2.5 miles
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