The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition. 2001-07.
Sheriffmuir
(shr´fmyr´´) (KEY) , battlefield in Stirling, central Scotland, near Dunblane. It was the scene, Nov. 13, 1715, of an indecisive battle between the Jacobites under John Erskine, 6th earl of Mar, and George Is forces under John Campbell, 2d duke of Argyll.