Skirmish of Loch Ailort
| Skirmish of Loch Ailort | |||||||
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| Part of the Jacobite rising of 1745 | |||||||
| Loch Ailort | |||||||
| 
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| Belligerents | |||||||
| British-Hanoverians | Jacobites Clan Macdonald of Clanranald | ||||||
| Commanders and leaders | |||||||
| Ranald MacDonald | |||||||
| Strength | |||||||
| 500 men | |||||||
The Skirmish of Loch Ailort was a conflict that took place on 9 May 1746 at Loch Ailort, in the district of Moidart, Scottish Highlands and was part of the Jacobite rising of 1745.
On 9 May 1746, almost a month after the Jacobite defeat at the Battle of Culloden, a skirmish took place at Loch Ailort, Moidart between a group of Jacobites from the Clan Macdonald of Clanranald who were led by their chief, the Young Ranald MacDonald, against a British-Hanoverian Government force. It was one of the last armed conflicts of the Jacobite rising.