Site of the Battle of Sherriffmuir, Dunblane, Stirlingshire, Scotland

So today I jumped on my bike and went up to the site of the Battle of Sherriffmuir. It’s just behind where I live. The battle took place in 1715 between Jacobites and Hanoverians. No one won. More detail on the weblink below. Photo 1 (with trees) is very close to the Gathering Stone. 600 men killed were buried up here. It is the most beautiful tranquil place. It is not busy. Tourists just pass it by. It is truly special as it has an amazing vista, bilberries, pockets of Scots pines and other native trees fighting the commercial forestry. Truly a place to reflect on what has gone before. Photo 2 is taken about 1000m to the east but it clearly shows the landscape of high ground of Sherriffmuir with the carse of Stirling, Braes of Doune. The mountains in the backdrop are those of Balquhidder – Ben Ledi and Vorlich etc. The Jacobites would have approached from the right of the photo up to the higher ground of Sherriffmuir. Photo 3 with my bike has the Gathering Stone in the background. The Stone is covered with an iron cage put there in 1840 to protect it. The Stone is apparently where the Jacobite standard was raised before battle. Photo 4 is of the local map! The Stewart Annat estate of Glassingall was very close by (still noted on map – I used to live on Glassingall boundary) and I am sure the Jacobite Army will have transited close by as they camped between Kinbuck and Balhaldie.

http://portal.historicenvironment.scot/designation/BTL17

Site of the Battle of Sheriffmuir with the Braes of Doune in the background

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Shuna Mayes lives in Dunblane, Scotland well within hiking, biking or kayaking distance of every locale where a Stewart of Balquhidder once lived. She enjoys getting outside with her camera and capturing sights that we would never have access to without her generosity and enthusiasm. Shuna has traced her ancestry to an 18th century soldier named James Stewart, who is genetically linked to our clan, but remains frustratingly elusive in his exact relationship.
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Shuna Mayes lives in Dunblane, Scotland well within hiking, biking or kayaking distance of every locale where a Stewart of Balquhidder once lived. She enjoys getting outside with her camera and capturing sights that we would never have access to without her generosity and enthusiasm. Shuna has traced her ancestry to an 18th century soldier named James Stewart, who is genetically linked to our clan, but remains frustratingly elusive in his exact relationship.

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