Battle of Dunkeld

Battle of Dunkeld
Part of the Jacobite rising of 1689
The Earl of Angus's Regiment (The Cameronians) at the Defence of Dunkeld, 1689, Richard Simkin
Date 21 August 1689 Location Dunkeld, Scotland 56°33′56″N 3°35′13″W / 56.56556°N 3.58694°W / 56.56556; -3.58694 Result Williamite victory
Belligerents
Williamites	Jacobites
Commanders and leaders
William Cleland † George Munro	Alexander Cannon
Strength
c. 1,200	c. 5,000
Casualties and losses
c. 50 killed or wounded	c. 300 killed or wounded
Registered battlefield
Designated	14 December 2012
Reference no.	BTL32
class=notpageimage| Location within Scotland

The Battle of Dunkeld (Scottish Gaelic: Blàr Dhùn Chaillinn) was fought between Jacobite clans supporting the deposed king James VII of Scotland and a regiment of covenanters supporting William of Orange, King of Scotland, in the streets around Dunkeld Cathedral, Dunkeld, Scotland, on 21 August 1689 and formed part of the Jacobite rising of 1689, commonly called Dundee's rising in Scotland. The battlefield was added to the Inventory of Historic Battlefields in Scotland in 2012.^[1]