battle, notable, early modern

Battle of Glen Shiel

Name: Battle of Glen Shiel
Start: 1719-06-10
Location: Glen Shiel, United Kingdom

Battle of Glen Shiel was a battle fought on 10 June 1719 at Glen Shiel, in what is now United Kingdom. It was part of Jacobite rising of 1719. The recorded result: Government victory. Recorded strength: 1,100 against 1,440.

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Fought10 June 1719

WhereGlen Shiel, United Kingdom57.166N, 5.317W

OutcomeGovernment victory

BelligerentsBritish government; Dutch RepublicagainstJacobites; Spain

Casualties and losses141 killed and woundedand100 killed and wounded

Battlefield todayBattle of Glenshiel battlefieldHistoric Environment Scotland entry BTL10, 615 ha

Part ofJacobite rising of 1719

Where it sits in Jacobite rising of 1719

3 placed engagements of Jacobite rising of 1719 in time order; taller ticks are more widely documented. Each tick is a link.

Record

Date	10 June 1719
Place	Glen Shiel, United Kingdom 57.166N, 5.317W
Kind	Battle, early modern
Strength	1,100	1,440
Casualties and losses	141 killed and wounded	100 killed and wounded
Commanders	William Murray, Marquess of Tullibardine James Francis Edward Keith John Cameron of Lochiel

The recorded site, with the nearest other engagements in the atlas. The dashed outline is the registered battlefield area (Historic Environment Scotland). Present-day coastlines, rivers and borders; towns from Natural Earth.

Nearest engagements

Battle of Lochaber 1429, 27 km SE
Battle of Drumlui 1330, 29 km S
Stand-off at the Fords of Arkaig 1665, 31 km SE
Battle of the Shirts 1544, 34 km SE
Battle of Bun Garbhain 1570, 36 km S

In the same war

After: Battle of Coille Bhan 1721
All 3 engagements of Jacobite rising of 1719

Elsewhere in 1719

Historic Environment Scotland registers this as the Battle of Glenshiel battlefield (entry BTL10), 615 hectares, under the Open Government Licence.

Battle of Glen Shiel is one of 2,009 engagements of the 18th century in the atlas and one of 695 in present-day United Kingdom.

Sources

Identity, coordinates, dates and the war from Wikidata Q2485365, released under CC0. Result, belligerents, commanders, strength and casualties from the infobox of the English Wikipedia article Battle of Glen Shiel, revision 1375543908, read 2026-11-14, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0; the article's text is not reproduced here. Present-day country and state from Natural Earth. Battlefield boundary and area from Historic Environment Scotland (Open Government Licence). Dates before 1582 follow the Julian calendar as recorded.