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The battle at the Haughs o Cromdale.

Date April 1956
Track ID 20013
Part 1

Track Information

Original Track ID

SA1956.40.1

Original Tape ID

SA1956.040

Summary

The battle at the Haughs o Cromdale.

The womenfolk took oatcakes, butter, croods [curds] and milk to the soldiers; they would have died otherwise. The English lost the battle (to the Highlanders) and fled to Aberdeen.

Item Notes

The battle at the Haughs of Cromdale in 1690 was part of the Jacobite rebellions. The assertion that the Highlanders won the battle is erroneous, and may stem from the 'Haughs o Cromdale' song, from Hogg's 'Jacobite Relics'; this song contracts the events of two battles 45 years apart (the other being James Graham's victory at Auldearn in 1645), into a song that portrays Cromdale as a victory for the Jacobites.

Recording Location

County - Moray

Parish - Bellie

Village/Place - Nether Dallachy

Item Location

County - Moray

Parish - Cromdale, Inverallan and Advie

Village/Place - Cromdale

Language

Scots

Genre

Information

Collection

SoSS

Source Type

Reel to reel

Audio Quality

Good