battle, notable, early modern

Battle of Sheriffmuir

Name: Battle of Sheriffmuir
Start: 1715-11-13
Location: Sheriffmuir, United Kingdom

Battle of Sheriffmuir was a battle fought on 13 November 1715 at Sheriffmuir, in what is now United Kingdom. It was part of Jacobite rising of 1715. The recorded result: Inconclusive. Recorded strength: 6,000 against 12,000.

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The Battle of Sheriffmuir. John Wootton, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons.

Fought13 November 1715

WhereSheriffmuir, United Kingdom56.195N, 3.910W

OutcomeInconclusive

BelligerentsGreat BritainagainstJacobites

Casualties and losses663 killed, wounded or capturedand200–800 killed, wounded or captured

Battlefield todayBattle of Sheriffmuir battlefieldHistoric Environment Scotland entry BTL17, 2,456 ha

Part ofJacobite rising of 1715

Where it sits in Jacobite rising of 1715

5 placed engagements of Jacobite rising of 1715 in time order; taller ticks are more widely documented. Each tick is a link.

Record

Date	13 November 1715
Place	Sheriffmuir, United Kingdom 56.195N, 3.910W
Kind	Battle, early modern
Strength	6,000	12,000
Casualties and losses	663 killed, wounded or captured	200–800 killed, wounded or captured
Commanders	John Campbell, 2nd Duke of Argyll	John Erskine, 6th Earl of Mar

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 Stirling Bridge 1297, 7.4 km S
Siege of Stirling Castle 1304, 8.1 km S
Battle of Stirling 1648, 8.3 km S
Siege of Stirling Castle 1746, 8.9 km S
Battle of Bannockburn 1314, 11 km S

In the same war

Before: Siege of Brahan November 1715
All 5 engagements of Jacobite rising of 1715

Elsewhere in 1715

Historic Environment Scotland registers this as the Battle of Sheriffmuir battlefield (entry BTL17), 2,456 hectares, under the Open Government Licence.

Battle of Sheriffmuir 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 Q2744242, released under CC0. Result, belligerents, commanders, strength and casualties from the infobox of the English Wikipedia article Battle of Sheriffmuir, revision 1375523647, 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.