Ruthven is the best preserved of the four infantry barracks built by the governer following the 1715 Jacobite rebellion. Erected on the hill-top site of a medieval castle, the barracks was protected by a musket-looped wall and had accomodation for 120 soldiers.
In 1745, Sergeant Molloy and twelve men successfully defended the barracks againsy a besieging army of some 200 Jacobites. He was forced to surrender the following year when the rebels returned with artillery, after which the barracks fell into ruin.
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Free.
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One mile south of Kingussie.
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Ruthven Barracks (HS)
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Ruthven
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Kingussie
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Inverness-shire
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PH21
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Tel: 01667 460232
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