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Siege of Inverness

Siege of Inverness was a siege conducted on 22 February 1649 at Inverness, in what is now United Kingdom; it lasted 4 days. The recorded result: Royalist victory. Recorded strength: Unknown against Unknown.

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Inverness Castle, Inverness, Scotland in March 2011
Inverness Castle, Inverness, Scotland in March 2011. QuintusPetillius, CC0, via Wikimedia Commons.
Fought22 February 1649lasted 4 days
WhereInverness, United Kingdom57.476N, 4.225W
OutcomeRoyalist victory
BelligerentsRoyalists; Clan Fraser; Clan Munro; Clan Mackenzie; Clan UrquhartagainstCovenanters
Casualties and lossesUnknownandUnknown

Record

Date22 February 1649
to 26 February 1649
PlaceInverness, United Kingdom
57.476N, 4.225W
KindSiege, early modern
StrengthUnknownUnknown
Casualties and lossesUnknownUnknown
Commanders
  • John Munro of Lemlair
  • Thomas Mackenzie of Pluscarden
  • Sir Thomas Urquhart of Cromarty
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The recorded site, with the nearest other engagements in the atlas. Present-day coastlines, rivers and borders; towns from Natural Earth.

Nearest engagements

Contested ground: this site was fought over 10 times between 1429 and 1746.

Elsewhere in 1649

Siege of Inverness is one of 1,470 engagements of the 17th century in the atlas and one of 695 in present-day United Kingdom.

Sources

Identity, coordinates, dates and the war from Wikidata Q7510098, released under CC0. Result, belligerents, commanders, strength and casualties from the infobox of the English Wikipedia article Siege of Inverness (1649), revision 1370741989, 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. Dates before 1582 follow the Julian calendar as recorded.