It is the Jacobite Rising that few remember, but archaeologists are now to use high-tech equipment to mark the 296th anniversary of the sole battle fought in the campaign.

They will use it to survey the site of the Battle Glenshiel in 1719 above the present A87 road to Kyle of Lochalsh.

The engagement was fought on June 10 in that year between a force of Jacobites, supported by some Spanish troops, against British Hanoverian Government's regular troops. The battle is said to have lasted for three hours and resulted in defeat for the Jacobites, although saw few losses on either side.

The 1719 Rising was the only one conducted with Spanish support. The French more frequently assisted the Jacobite cause. It was the second last of the risings in Scotland but has been overshadowed by the earlier one in 1715, and the most famous which saw Bonnie Prince Charlie arrive in Scotland in 1745.

The Glenshiel battlefield itself is seen as significant as one of very few within Scotland where extant field fortifications survive, and for the first known use of coehorn mortars in battle by the British Army.

The National Trust for Scotland (NTS) owns around 60 per cent of the battlefield at Kintail, including the fortified Jacobite positions at a 'chokepoint' in the glen.

The conservation charity's archaeologist Stefan Sagrott said:

"We've carried out several walkover surveys across the battlefield, which have identified remains associated with the battle. But this survey work will be the first time it's been carried out using high-tech GPS survey kit allowing us to located the remains to within a centimetre.

"The visible remains consist of a series of banks and ditches which are all that are left of the Spanish's fortifications. By accurately locating the remains we can both enhance our understanding of the battlefield and ensure that they are protected for future generations."

The Spanish forces set out to invade Britain in March 1719. But their fleet was wrecked by a storm and the invasion abandoned. However a small contingent of Jacobite and Spanish troops landed. A government force was dispatched from Inverness to counter the threat and met the Jacobite and Spanish army already in position on the steep slopes of Glenshiel.

The routed Jacobite troops fled north over the pass now called Bealach nan Spainteach (the pass of the Spaniards) which forms part of the Five Sisters of Kintail ridge. Their defeat at Glenshiel marked the end of the 1719 uprising.