Battle of Cromdale
The Battle of Cromdale took place at the Haughs of Cromdale on 30 April and 1 May 1690. The site is on a hillside near the village of Cromdale, Strathspey, historically within the county of Inverness-shire. The battlefield has been included in the Inventory of Historic Battlefields in Scotland and protected by Historic Scotland under the Scottish Historical Environment Policy of 2009.
| Battle of Cromdale | |||||||
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| Part of the Jacobite rising of 1689 | |||||||
The Piper's Stone, a boulder upon which a mortally wounded Jacobite piper played music to encourage his comrades | |||||||
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| Belligerents | |||||||
| Scottish Government | Jacobites | ||||||
| Commanders and leaders | |||||||
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Thomas Livingstone Ludovick Grant |
Thomas Buchan John Cameron | ||||||
| Strength | |||||||
| 2000 | 800 | ||||||
| Casualties and losses | |||||||
| ~100 killed | 400 killed | ||||||
Registered battlefield | |||||||
| Designated | 30 November 2011 | ||||||
| Reference no. | BTL20 | ||||||
Location within Scotland | |||||||
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