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Rout Of Moy
Battle Site (18th Century)
Site Name Rout Of Moy
Classification Battle Site (18th Century)
Canmore ID 85381
Site Number NH73SW 1
NGR NH 7298 3464
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/85381
- Council Highland
- Parish Daviot And Dunlichity
- Former Region Highland
- Former District Inverness
- Former County Inverness-shire
NH73SW 1 7298 3464
Name: NH 7298 3464 - Rout of Moy (NAT) (A.D. 1746)
OS 6-inch map, 1900
The Earl of Loudon and his forces were routed here in 1746 by a local blacksmith, who, with a handful of men, gave Loudon the impression of a gathering of the clans.
ISSFC 1898
A watching brief was carried out on part of the battle site during groundbreaking works for a trackway, associated with a new windfarm in the area. The topsoil in the area consisted of around 0.3m of black/dark brown peaty silt overlying orange/red brown sandy gravel subsoil. Outcrops of bedrock and a large number of substantial boulders up to 1m in length were encountered, but no evidence of the battle was found.
M Kirby and S Mitchell 2005
Watching Brief (13 July 2016 - 25 August 2016)
Soil Engineering Ltd commissioned Alder Archaeology to undertake an archaeological watching brief on engineering test pits in advance of dualling the A9 Perth – Inverness road. The present works were located along the A9 corridor between Tomatin and Moy.
No new archaeological remains were discovered. However, two test-pits were relocated to avoid a known surviving stretch of the 18th-century military road laid out by General Wade, and a known cairn commemorating the ‘Rout of Moy’, an episode in the second Jacobite rising (1745 – 6).
Information from Alder Archaeology Ltd.
Metal Detector Survey (22 February 2022 - 24 February 2022)
Between 22nd and 24th February 2022, AOC Archaeology Group undertook a comprehensive archaeological metal detecting survey as part of a programme of archaeological mitigation for the Tomatin to Moy section of the A9 Dualling Programme. The metal detector survey was undertaken at Site 93: The Rout of Moy (National Grid Reference (NGR): 272980, 834637), and an area extending to approximately 200 m either side of the modern marker cairn within the Proposed Scheme footprint. This also incorporated a section of General Wades Military Road.
The survey revealed a small amount of metal detritus including tin cans, wire, a battery, modern two pence coin and shredded aluminium. These were related to modern forestry activities and general waste from public visits. All material was removed from site and recycled.
Information from AOC Archaeology AOC-CFA JV [AOC70634].
Project (21 February 2022 - 5 May 2022)
NH 72206 36110 to NH 80988 27955 AOC Archaeology undertook a programme of works including Trial Trenching; Strip and Record; Metal-detecting survey; Standing Building Recording; and a Landscape Survey as part of the A9 Dualling Tomatin to Moy.
The Proposed Scheme measures approximately 9.6km, beginning just south of Tomatin (NGR 281142, 827460) and passing the settlement of Moy, before ending at Creagan Bad Each (NGR 272298, 835880), a few kilometres to the north of Moy.
