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Jacobite Risings

Post-Culloden reprisals in Strathglass and Beauly 1746

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

Who Fought

Defeated
Fraser and Chisholm clan population of Strathglass and the Beauly valley
VS
Victor
Government forces (Cumberland's army)
Outcome
Fraser and Chisholm territory in Strathglass and the Beauly valley was burned and plundered in the weeks following Culloden as part of the government's punitive pacification campaign; livestock seized, homes and Castle Dounie burned, salmon cruives destroyed, crops and equipment ruined.
The Battle

History & Significance

Post-Culloden reprisals in Strathglass and Beauly 1746 was a Jacobite raid, fought in the area of Inverness-shire, Scotland in 1746. Government forces (Cumberland's army) prevailed over Fraser and Chisholm clan population of Strathglass and the Beauly valley. Fraser and Chisholm territory in Strathglass and the Beauly valley was burned and plundered in the weeks following Culloden as part of the government's punitive pacification campaign; livestock seized, homes and Castle Dounie burned, salmon cruives destroyed, crops and equipment ruined.

The ground

The ground they fought on

The site of Post-Culloden reprisals in Strathglass and Beauly 1746 lies on Loch Eil Group, bedrock that formed in the Neoproterozoic. The rock here is psammite.

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Scheduled Monuments near Post-Culloden reprisals in Strathglass and Beauly 1746

Erchless Castle,dun 650m WNW of
Erchless Castle,dun 650m WNW of
Scheduled monument · Iron Age · ~3.1 mi

Erchless Castle is an iron age dun situated 650 metres west-north-west of Erchless in Inverness-shire, Scotland. Duns were substantial circular or oval stone-built fortifications typical of iron age settlement in northern Britain, serving as defensive homesteads for local élites and their househo…

Achratagan, hut circle and cairnfield 790m NNE of
Achratagan, hut circle and cairnfield 790m NNE of
Scheduled monument · ~3.2 mi

Achratagan is a hut circle and cairnfield situated on the Glenfinnan Group psammite and pelite bedrock of Inverness-shire in the Scottish Highlands. The monument comprises the remains of prehistoric settlement and associated burial or clearance cairns, representing a domestic landscape that explo…

Loch nam Bat, still 1790m N of Wester Balnagrantach
Loch nam Bat, still 1790m N of Wester Balnagrantach
Scheduled monument · ~4.2 mi

Loch nam Bat is a still located 1790 metres north of Wester Balnagrantach in Inverness-shire, Scotland. The monument sits on bedrock of the Glenfinnan Group, Neoproterozoic psammite and pelite formations that characterise the underlying geology of this Highland landscape. Stills of this type repr…

Dun Mor,fort
Dun Mor,fort
Scheduled monument · Iron Age · ~5 mi

Dun Mor is a Iron Age fort located in Inverness-shire, Scotland. The monument stands on bedrock formed from the Glenfinnan Group, a Neoproterozoic sequence of metamorphic rocks comprising psammite and pelite, which provides a firm geological foundation typical of the Scottish Highlands. The fort…

Garbeg Cottage, settlement 1250m N of
Garbeg Cottage, settlement 1250m N of
Scheduled monument · ~5.1 mi

Garbeg Cottage is a settlement located 1250 metres north of another settlement in Inverness-shire, Scotland. The monument sits upon bedrock of the Glenfinnan Group, a Neoproterozoic sequence of metamorphosed sedimentary rocks comprising alternating bands of psammite and pelite. This geology produ…

Tom na Croiseige, stepped mound
Tom na Croiseige, stepped mound
Scheduled monument · ~5.2 mi

Tom na Croiseige is a stepped mound located in Inverness-shire, in the Scottish Highlands. The monument consists of an artificial earthwork constructed in tiers or steps, a form of settlement mound whose precise chronology and function remain subjects of archaeological study. Such mounds are foun…

Culburnie,ring cairn & stone circle
Scheduled monument · Bronze Age · ~4.3 miles
Loch nam Faoileag, hut circles 730m NNW of Wester Balnagrantach
Scheduled monument · ~4.5 miles
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