Battle of Sheriffmuir

When

13 Nov 1715

Kind

Battle

Coordinates

56.20° N, 3.91° W

Description

battle at the height of the 1715 Jacobite Rising in England and Scotland

1715 battle of the Jacobite rising of 1715

The Battle of Sheriffmuir was an engagement in 1715 at the height of the Jacobite rising in Scotland. The battlefield has been included in the Inventory of Historic Battlefields in Scotland and protected by Historic Scotland under the Scottish Historical Environment Policy of 2009. Sheriffmuir is a remote elevated plateau of moorland lying between Stirling and Auchterarder on the north fringe of the Ochil Hills.

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• Wikidata: battles and siegesWikidata contributorsCreative Commons CC0 1.0 (public domain dedication)Source page
• Wikipedia year pages (English), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “Jacobite rising in Scotland – Battle of Sheriffmuir: The forces of the Kingdom of Great Britain, led by John Campbell, 2nd Duke of Argyll”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page
• Wikipedia year pages (French), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “24 novembre (13 novembre du calendrier julien) : les Jacobites du comte de Mar sont tenus en échec par les forces gouvernementales du duc d'Argyll à la…”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page
• Wikipedia year pages (Spanish), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “Batalla de Sheriffmuir en el marco de los Levantamientos jacobitas de Gran Bretaña”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page

• Jacobite rising of 17151715 · Rebellion