The first of these was of around 80 men, captained by Robert Macallister who was a senior factor for the Earl of Sutherland and whose lieutenant was Hector Munro of Novar and whose ensign was John Mackay from Golspie.

[2] Led by Ensign John Mackay, the Sutherland men came down from the hills near Golspie, attacking the gap between the rebel officers and their soldiers.

[2] Most of the Jacobite officers were captured; many of the men were killed, and the rest were driven onto the beach, where several were drowned trying to swim Loch Fleet.

Mackay's boldness encouraged others of the Sutherland militia, who were in the hills near at hand, to take part in the affray, with the result that Cromartie was defeated and all his troops were either killed or captured.

[14]According to Ruairidh MacLeod, historian of the Gaelic Society of Inverness, writing in 1984, the Jacobites lost about 100 dead in the battle.

[5] Patrick Marriott, historian of the Golspie Heritage Society, writing in 2022, estimated that the Government force lost up to ten dead and about twenty wounded.

[10] The Earl of Sutherland spent several years before his death in 1750 attempting to obtain compensation from the government for the damage done to his estates by the rebels.

[19] The unveiling ceremony was attended by Ronald Munro Fergusson who is a descendant of Lieutenant Hector Munro of Novar who was in the Golspie militia on the Government side at the battle and by Margaret Openshaw who is a descendant of Ensign George Mackenzie who was in the Earl of Cromartie's force at the battle.

[20] In 2022, a Highland bagpipes tune was composed to commemorate the battle by the Sutherland Schools Pipe Band who performed it at the unveiling of the memorial.