Revolt sparked as forest on Sheriffmuir battlefield approved

Historians and heritage campaigners have strongly condemned the decision to plant commercial woodland on the battlefield at Sheriffmuir where thousands of men clashed at the height of the 1715 Jacobite rising. Forestry Commission Scotland has permitted landowners to plant 62 hectares of woodland on the historic site near Dunblane.

Campaigners are to appeal the decision with Scottish Ministers with calls intensifying for the legal protection of Scotland’s battlefields.

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