Preparations for Littleferry commemoration continue with more battlefield trail markers laid and comunity council asked to host afternoon tea

The Littleferry battlefield trail is nearing completion with the installation of three more of the planned six marker stones.

Dunrobin Castle’s general manager Scott Morrison, head gardener Ian Crisp and community stalwart Iain Miller were given the honour of turfing in the stones.

A running fight, the 1746 Battle of Littleferry took place over a four-mile stretch from Dunrobin castle to Littleferry.

Major General Sir Patrick Marriott, a Littleferry resident, has written an account of the confrontation between the rebel Jacobites and government forces.

The stone put in by Mr Morrison is the first marker in the trail and sits just above Dunrobin castle near where the militia is thought to have met their “informers” just before the first shots were fired.

And that turfed in by Mr Crisp is the last waymarker and is on the shore below the castle from where the Jacobite prisoners left after the battle.

Meanwhile the one installed by Mr Miller is at Duke Street.

There are six waymarkers in total with another one having been erected at the end of January at Shore Street by local resident Sandy Mackay.

Meanwhile planning is continuing for the April 15 unveiling of a memorial stone commemorating the battle.

Golspie Community Council chairman Ian Sutherland revealed at a meeting last week that the group had been asked to host an afternoon tea event following the unveiling ceremony.

He said that as the “senior community organisation” in the village, it was felt appropriate that the community council hold the event.

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