Tour Scotland photograph of the Clan MacRae Monument on Sheriffmuir Battlefield near Dunblane, Scotland. The number of the slain on the side of the rebels has been stated to have been eight hundred, among whom were the John Lyon, 5th Earl of Strathmore and Kinghorne and the chief of the Clan MacDonald of Clan Ranald, and several other persons of distinction. Panmure and Drummond of Logie were among the wounded. It meant that the Jacobite army had to withdraw to Perth. The cairn was erected in 1915 to commemorate the men of the clan who fell at the Battle of Sheriffmuir in 1715. The President of the Society, Lieutenant Colonel John MacRae-Gilstrap of Eilean Donan Castle on Loch Duich was present and gave an address. The clansmen travelled from Edinburgh, Glasgow and other places in large charabancs. Mrs MacRae-Gilstrap unveiled the cairn and the Reverend JH Cockburn of Dunblane Cathedral, dedicated it. A pipe major, a sergeant and a contingent of boys from Queen Victoria School attended.The Pipe Major played a lament after the dedication ceremony.
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