Battle of Glen Shiel
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The Battle of Glen Shiel took place on 10 June 1719 in the Scottish Highlands, during the Jacobite rising of 1719. A Jacobite army composed of Highland levies and Spanish marines was defeated by Briti
The Battle of Glenshiel 1719, Peter Tillemans
William Murray, Marquess of Tullibardine, Jacobite commander at Glen Shiel
A replica of the Coehorn mortars used by Wightman's troops, a weapon the Highlanders had not previously encountered
Battle of Glen Shiel Memorial
Sgùrr na Ciste Duibhe
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Sgùrr na Ciste Duibhe or Sgùrr nan Cisteachan Dubha is a mountain in the Northwest Highlands of Scotland, one of the 'Five Sisters of Kintail'. It is on the northern side of Glen Shiel, 27 kilometers
Sgùrr na Ciste Duibhe from the east
Looking along the ridge towards Sgùrr na Ciste Duibhe from the Bealach an Lapain.
Mam Sodhail from Carn Eige