Siege of Inverness (1715)

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Flora MacDonald and Border Collie, View Pl, Inverness IV2 3EG, UK

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N57° 28' 35.4" W4° 13' 31.44"   (57.4765, -4.2254) Start navigation »

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In November 1715 during the Jacobite rising the town of Inverness and Inverness Castle were being held by the Clan Mackenzie, led by Sir John Mackenzie of Coul who supported the rebel Jacobite cause. Simon Fraser, 11th Lord Lovat, chief of the Clan Fraser of Lovat besieged them, supported by the Clan Rose and Clan Forbes.

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