The battle of glenshiel took place within one of the most dramatic landscapes in the. The jacobite cause was supported by france and occasionally spain. The battle of glenshiel 1719 by peter tillemans, 1719. Bringing battle to life at bannockburn 30 april 2019. The inventory of historic battlefields battle of glenshiel pdf. In 1649, after a brutal and bloody civil war, king charles stuart i was put to death.
Keith, james francis edward dnb00 wikisource, the free online. The battle of glen shiel took place on 10 june 1719 midway up the glen. A87 road to skye bridge via glen shiel and loch cluanie duration. Keith, james francis edward dnb00 wikisource, the free. Digitised copy of the a plan of the field of battle that was fought on ye 10th of june 1719, at the pass of glenshiels in kintail north britain drawn by john henri bastide in 1719 from national library of scotland. Copy of riordan, rick 4 the battle of the labyrinth. A battlefield is of national importance if it makes a contribution to the understanding of the archaeology and history of the nation as a whole, or has the.
The only pitched fight of the 1719 jacobite rebellion, the battle of glenshiel was fought on 10 june 1719. The jacobite rising and the battle of glen shiel, 10 june, 1719 pdf. The battle of glen shiel took place on 10 june 1719 in the west scottish highlands, between a. British isles and it takes little imagination for the visitor to picture the difficulties. The only battle of this rising occurred between a government army led by general wightman and jacobites under the 10th earl marischal at glenshiel. Cnet download provides free downloads for windows, mac, ios and android devices across all categories of software and apps, including security, utilities, games, video and browsers. The inventory of historic battlefields battle of glenshiel.
Note upon an unpublished document in the possession of his grace the duke of marlborough. The inventory of historic battlefields battle of glenshiel the inventory of historic battlefields is a list of nationally important battlefields in scotland. All tunes are recorded by jack lee on the great highland bagpipe. It was fought between the british government and an alliance of jacobites and spaniards, and resulted in a victory for the british forces. Battle of glenshiel 1719 jacobite rebllions 16891746. Media in category battle of glen shiel the following 7 files are in this category, out of 7 total. Angus mackays ms, ii, 34 and also in the socalled kintarbert.
Back to search all tunes are recorded by jack lee on the great highland bagpipe. There are settings of this tune in the following manuscript sources. Glenshiel is significant as the sole battle fought during the 1719 jacobite. The rebels, who were aided by a spanish regiment, took up a formidable defensive position guarding a narrow mountain pass but were nevertheless attacked, dislodged and defeated effectively ending the rebellion. It was the last close engagement of british and foreign troops on mainland.
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