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Skirmish of Loch Ailort

Skirmish of Loch Ailort
Part of the Jacobite rising of 1745

Loch Ailort
Date9 May 1746[1]
Location
Result Unknown
Belligerents
Kingdom of Great BritainBritish-Hanoverians Jacobites
Clan Macdonald of Clanranald
Commanders and leaders
Kingdom of Great Britain Ranald MacDonald[1]
Strength
500 men[2]

The Skirmish of Loch Ailort was a conflict that took place on 9 May 1746 at Loch Ailort, in the district of Moidart, Scottish Highlands and was part of the Jacobite rising of 1745.

On 9 May 1746, almost a month after the Jacobite defeat at the Battle of Culloden, a skirmish took place at Loch Ailort, Moidart between a group of Jacobites from the Clan Macdonald of Clanranald who were led by their chief, the Young Ranald MacDonald, against a British-Hanoverian Government force.[1] It was one of the last armed conflicts of the Jacobite rising.[1]

  1. ^ a b c d "Scotland North" (PDF). Jacobite Studies Trust: 41. Archived from the original (PDF) on 1 May 2017. Retrieved 9 January 2017. {{cite journal}}: Cite journal requires |journal= (help)
  2. ^ Duffy, Christopher (2007). The '45, Bonnie Prince Charlie and Untold Story of the Jacobite Rising. p. 532. ISBN 978-0-7538-2262-3.

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