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  • A9 Unearths Killiecrankie Battle Relics

    03/06/2016 5:28:37 PM PST · by SunkenCiv · 14 replies
    Transport Scotland ^ | March 3rd, 2016 | An agency of the Scottish Government
    A metal detecting survey on the site of the Battle of Killiecrankie -- part of the Scottish Government's work to dual the A9 -- has unearthed dozens of items linked to the famous 1689 skirmish. The artefacts include a copper alloy pendant, a harness boss, two buckles, part of the support for a sword belt, horse shoes, buttons, and musket munitions... The battle of Killiecrankie took place on the 27 July 1689 between a Jacobite army under the command of John Graham of Claverhouse, 1st Viscount of Dundee 'Bonnie Dundee' -- and a Government army commanded by General Hugh Mackay....