The Skirmish of Alness was a conflict that took place in October 1715 in Alness, in the county of Ross in the Scottish Highlands. It was part of the Jacobite rising of 1715 and pitted Highlanders loya
The Bridge of Alness
Clan Mackenzie tartan in the Clan Munro exhibition at the Storehouse of Foulis
Clan Sutherland tartan in the Clan Munro exhibition at the Storehouse of Foulis
Clan Ross tartan in the Clan Munro exhibition at the Storehouse of Foulis
The Jacobite rising of 1715 was an attempt by the exiled James Francis Edward Stuart, son of the deposed James II of England, to regain the thrones of England, Scotland and Ireland for the House of St
Skirmish of Alness
…The Skirmish of Alness was a conflict that took place in October 1715 in Alness, in the county of Ross in the Scottish Highlands. It was part of the Jacobite rising of 1715 and pitted Highlanders loyal to the British-Hanoverian Government of George I of Great Britain against Highlanders loyal to the Jacobite House of Stuart…
The Battle of Sheriffmuir, John Wootton
James Francis Edward Stuart, excluded from the Succession by the Bill of Rights 1689
John Erskine, Earl of Mar
The Duke of Argyll, government commander in Scotland