Back Batalla de Sheriffmuir Catalan Bitva na planině Sheriffmuir Czech Brwydr Sheriffmuir Welsh Schlacht von Sheriffmuir German Batalo de Sheriffmuir Esperanto Batalla de Sheriffmuir Spanish Bataille de Sheriffmuir French Blàr Sliabh an t-Siorraim Irish Blàr Sliabh an t-Siorraim Scots/Gaelic Bitwa pod Sheriffmuir Polish
| Battle of Sheriffmuir | |||||||
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| Part of the Jacobite rising of 1715 | |||||||
 The Battle of Sheriffmuir, John Wootton | |||||||
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| Belligerents | |||||||
 Government |
 Jacobites | ||||||
| Commanders and leaders | |||||||
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Duke of Argyll |
Earl of Mar | ||||||
| Strength | |||||||
| 6,000 | 12,000 | ||||||
| Casualties and losses | |||||||
| 663 killed, wounded or captured[2] | 200-800 killed, wounded or captured[2] | ||||||
| Designated | 21 March 2011 | ||||||
| Reference no. | BTL17 | ||||||
The Battle of Sheriffmuir (Scottish Gaelic: Blàr Sliabh an t-Siorraim, [pl̪ˠaɾ ˈʃʎiəv əɲ ˈtʲʰirˠəm]) was an engagement in 1715 at the height of the Jacobite rising in England and Scotland. 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.[3] Sheriffmuir is a remote elevated plateau of heathland lying between Stirling and Auchterarder on the north fringe of the Ochil Hills.
- ^ Oliver, Neil (2009). A History of Scotland. p. 305. ISBN 978-0-7538-2663-8.
- ^ a b Robinson, p. 79
- ^ "Battlefields under consideration". Inventory of Historic Battlefields in Scotland. Historic Scotland. Retrieved 12 April 2012.