Badenoch

Badenoch lies among the mountains of the central Highlands, along the upper valley of the River Spey. At Ruthven a stronghold commanded the route between Perth and Inverness. After the Jacobite rising of 1715, the government built barracks on the site to house troops in the Highlands. The small garrison resisted a Jacobite attack in 1745, but surrendered the following year when the rebels returned with artillery. After their defeat at Culloden in April 1746, Jacobite troops gathered at Ruthven before dispersing. The barracks were burned and left in ruins, ending their brief service as a government post in Badenoch.