Study at battlefield glen where Spanish joined the Jacobites
National Trust for Scotland has led a work group at Glen Shiel to gain more information about the encounter between Jacobites - aided by around 300 Spaniards - and the British Government in 1719.
NTS. Alison Campsie Published: 13:50 Updated: 14:16 Tuesday 12 June 2018
Archaeologists have been surveying for the first time the site of the sole battle of the 1719 Jacobite rising when around 300 Spanish soldiers fought alongside the rebels in the Highlands. Experts from National Trust for Scotland hope their work will gain further understanding of the Battle of Glen Shiel, which ended in victory for British Government forces, ahead of its 300th anniversary on June 10 next year.
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