Site Of Massacre Of Rosses With Music On History Visit To Greenyards Strathcarron Highlands Scotland

Tour Scotland short 4K travel video clip, with Scottish music, of the site of the massacre of the Rosses on ancestry, genealogy, family history visit to Greenyards on the banks of the River Carron in Strathcarron, Highlands, Britain, United Kingdom. In the spring of 1854, one of the most notorious incidents of resistance to the Highland Clearances took place at Greenyards in Strathcarron, when Major Robertson of Kindeace attempted to evict his tenants to make way for more profitable sheep farming. Sheriff Taylor at the head of about thirty five men traveled from Tain and arrived at Greenyards at about dawn. They were met by the women, who protested that their landlord had given them assurances that they would not be cleared. The procurator, a man named Taylor, began to read aloud the Riot Act to the women, although a witness claimed that the Riot Act was neither read much less produced. The women did not budge. Taylor gave the order Knock them down, and get on with the job. In the nineteenth year of Queen Victoria's reign the police, armed with truncheons, set about beating the Ross women. During the violence, fifteen or sixteen women were seriously hurt, some requiring medical treatment, as the police appeared to have used their batons with great force. The sheriff had served summonses on four tenants. The police tried to capture some of the men, but only captured five women. Sheriff Mackenzie later gave an account in which he said that the large number of people who had arrived to resist had been signaled to the spot by gun shots. The women who had been captured were taken to the prison at Tain but they were released on bail the next day. The incident, which took place on 31 March 1854, became known as The Massacre of the Rosses. There was afterwards universal feeling among the people of Ross-shire and Sutherlandshire that the sheriff's conduct was reckless and there was indignation and disgust at the brutality of the policemen on the women which had left pools of blood on the ground. One woman was reported to have died in this encounter. Clan Ross is a Highland Scottish clan. 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 All photographs are copyright of Sandy Stevenson, Tour Scotland, and may not be used without permission.

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