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Archaeology Notes
Event ID 678341
Category Descriptive Accounts
Type Archaeology Notes
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/event/678341
NN80SW 1 830 028.
See also NN80SW 5 (Gathering Stone) and 16 (Macrae Memorial ).
(NN 830 028) Site of the Battle of Sheriffmuir (AD. 1715).
OS 6" map, (1959)
The Battle of Sheriffmuir occurred on November 13th 1715. The previous night the Jacobite army under the Earl of Mar camped at Kinbuck (NN 79 05) while the Government forces commanded by the Duke of Argyll were on the heights above Kippendavie (NN 7902), the high ground of Sheriffmuir intervening between the armies.
The battle was indecisive; left wings of both armies suffered defeat - the Jacobites being driven as far as the river Allan and Argyll's left wing driven almost to Stirling.
A Tayler and H Tayler 1936.
(NN 812 020) Site of battle, 1715.
(Undated) information in NMRS from J Lesslie's plan of Sheriffmuir, 1766, 1/11,600.
This battlefield was included in a nation-wide study of key battle sites. A detailed gazetteer was created by The Battlefield Trust, which includes an historical overview of each site, detailed assessments of the action and its location and the number of troops involved, casualties, sources of information and an interpretation of the events and its impact on history. For more detail see the gazetteer and associated materials - MS 2522.
No battlefield archaeology has been reported as being found.
G Foard, T Partida 2005
