Tour Scotland 4K Autumn travel video, with Scottish music, of a road trip drive West on the single track road, with passing places, across Sheriffmuir Battlefield on ancestry, genealogy, family history visit to Perthshire, Britain, United Kingdom. The Battle of Sheriffmuir, Scottish Gaelic: Blàr Sliabh an t-Siorraim, was an engagement in 1715 at the height of the Jacobite rising in England and Scotland. John Erskine, 6th Earl of Mar, standard bearer for the Jacobite cause in Scotland, mustered Highland chiefs, and on 6 September declared James Francis Edward Stuart as King of Scots. With an army of about 12,000 men Mar proceeded to take Perth, and commanded much of the northern Highlands. Following unsuccessful skirmishes against John Campbell, 2nd Duke of Argyll, who was based at Stirling, Mar was eventually persuaded to lead his full army south, on 10 November. Spies informed Argyll of Mar's actions, and he moved his army of about 4,000 to Sheriffmuir, near Dunblane. The two armies met on the battlefield on 13 November 1715. The battle was inconclusive, with both sides claiming victory. This road is only wide enough for one vehicle. It has special passing places. If you see a vehicle coming towards you, or the driver behind wants to overtake, try to pull into a passing place on your left, or wait opposite a passing place on your right. Give way to vehicles coming uphill whenever you can. Of interest to folks with ancestry, genealogy or Scottish Family Roots in Scotland who may wish to visit one day. Find things to see and do in Scotland where you are always welcome. When driving on Scottish roads in Scotland slow down and enjoy the trip
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