SHERIFFMUIR  , a battlefield situated on the

verge of the extreme north-western flank of the Ochils, Perthshire, Scotland, watered by Wharry Burn, an affluent of the Allan . It lies within the bounds of the parish of Dunblane, 21 M . E. by N. of the town . It was the site of an indecisive battle (13th of November 1715) between the Jacobites, about 12,000 strong, under John Erskine, 6th or 11th earl of Mar, and 4000 Royalists under Archibald Campbell, afterwards 3rd duke of Argyll . Both sides, each of which lost 500 men, claimed the victory, although in point of fact Mar deemed it prudent to retreat . The " battle stone " enclosed by a railing marks the scene of the encounter .