"Last call for Falkirk Moor" Topic
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Tango01  | 28 Oct 2025 1:59 p.m. PST |
"The Jacobite project is in its final stages. At last. It is running close on 12 months overdue and really needs to be put to bed. The last major battle I've not done with the squared version of the rules is Falkirk Moor, fought in the middle of January 1746, in foul weather. The last time I did a development cycle on the Jacobite risings, back pre-Covid in 2019, I also finished with Falkirk as I wrote up at the time. Looking back at that original report it seems that I came to slightly differing conclusions about what was going on and allowed for the British to move their artillery up on to the Moor. Since then I have re-read the books I used at the time and added Jonathan Oates' "Battles of the Jacobite risings" to my collection. Falkirk has a number of interesting facets to it. It is the largest battle of the '45 rising. The Jacobites start with a number of advantages provided by the terrain, weather and the unpreparedness of General Hawley, commanding the British. We have some contemporary maps that show the armies neatly lined up – a deployment I have mostly followed – but I am drawn to Duffy's account which seems to imply more of an encounter / counter attack sort of battle. I am also still uncertain about the "ravine" that covers the British right. I can't find any photographs of it, and Google Earth 3D is not as helpful as I'd like. In modern times the ravine is wooded, which is something not shown on the contemporary maps, so you can't see how steep it is…"
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| kodiakblair | 29 Oct 2025 11:38 p.m. PST |
I'm struggling to picture the "ravine" mentioned in the report. Lived in Falkirk the past 50+ years and know the area well. There is a small wood to the right of the monument but the monument is sited on the Lochgreen Road not the field where the battle was fought. There's also another small wooded area runs from Lochgreen Rd to Slamannan Rd. I've rode motorcycles through both, the ground is relatively flat. |
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