Memorial

Action at High Bridge on 16th August 1745

Cairn commemorating the Action at High Bridge on 16th August 1745

Source: Copyright Martin Briscoe

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Current Location

Minor road North from crossroads 1 mile West of Spean Bridge, signposted Highbridge. Cairn about 1 mile down road on right. Right fork about 200 yards before memorial., Minor road from Spean Bridge to Torlundy, North of main A82., Highbridge, Spean Bridge, Lochaber, Highlands and Islands, PH34 4EX, Scotland

OS Grid Reference

NN 19964 81922

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Memorial Details

Type of Memorial: Cairn
WMR Reference Number: 82380
Description: Rough stone cairn with metal plaque at the roadside above High Bridge / Highbridge (both spellings are used). Commemorates the action there on 16th August 1745.
Inscription: ACTION AT HIGH BRIDGE Near this spot on August 16 1745, the first action of the "Forty- / Five" took place. Donald MacDonell of Tirnadris with eleven men / and a piper from Keppoch's Clan, by making use of the now demolished / High Bridge Inn and surrounding trees to conceal the smallness of / their number, succeeded in preventing two companies of The 1st / Royal regiment of Foot (later The Royal Scots) from crossing the / High Bridge over the River Spean. This force consisting of about / eighty five men, had been sent from Fort Augustus to reinforce the / garrison at Fort William. ERECTED BY THE 1745 ASSOCIATION

Commemoration

War: Jacobite Risings (1689-1746)

Conservation

Components

Cairn

Made from: Stone

Condition: Good

Plaque

Made from: Metal

Condition: Good

Further Information

The Skirmish at Highbridge16 August 1745- http://1745association.org.uk/images/Annual Gathering 2008/The Skirmish at Highbridge.pdf
MHG3184 - High Bridge over River Spean, by Spean Bridge https://her.highland.gov.uk/monument/MHG3184
Canmore ID 73804 https://canmore.org.uk/site/73804/spean-bridge-general-wades-high-bridge Spean Bridge, General Wade's High Bridge

Current Location

OS Grid Reference

NN 19964 81922

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