[1] On 16 February 1746 Charles Edward Stuart spent the night at Moy Hall.

To prevent the troops from Inverness descending on the estate in surprise during the night, Lady Anne Farquharson-MacKintosh sent Donald Fraser, the blacksmith,[2] and four other retainers to watch the road from Inverness.

Surely enough, during the night, several hundred government troops were detected marching down the road.

The Mackintosh defenders started beating their swords on rocks, jumping from place to place and shouting the war cries of different clans in the Chattan Confederation.

Thinking that they had been ambushed, the government troops retreated leaving Inverness open for the prince to capture the next day, an event known as the Rout of Moy.