Battlefields›Battle of Pinkie aftermath — Gordon North-East actions 1547
Tudor

Battle of Pinkie aftermath — Gordon North-East actions 1547

1547
Scotland
Era
Tudor
Battle Type
Pitched Battle
Location
Scotland
Status
Unregistered
The Combatants

Who Fought

Forces
Not recorded in historical accounts
Forces
weakened rival kindreds of Aberdeenshire
VS
Victor
Not recorded in historical accounts
Forces
Gordon affinity
Outcome
Gordon local dominance reinforced; rivals weakened
The Battle

History & Significance

Following the Scots defeat at Pinkie, the Earl of Huntly used the disorder to reassert Gordon dominance in Aberdeenshire, suppressing rivals and seizing properties from families who had lost men at Pinkie

Questions & Answers

Frequently Asked Questions

Protected heritage nearby

Scheduled Monuments near Battle of Pinkie aftermath — Gordon North-East actions 1547

Druidstone, stone circle 50m WNW of
Scheduled monument · Bronze Age · ~0.7 miles
Cothiemuir Hill, stone circle
Scheduled monument · Bronze Age · ~1 miles
The Barmkyn, fort and cairn
Scheduled monument · Iron Age · ~1 miles
Old Keig, stone circle 250m NW of
Scheduled monument · Bronze Age · ~1.4 miles
Loanend,stone circle,200m N of
Scheduled monument · Bronze Age · ~1.9 miles
More from this era

Other Tudor Battles

Rhys ap Thomas Pacification of Glamorgan 1486
1486
Bridgend, Wales
Rhys ap Thomas Mustering for Bosworth 1485
1485
Pembrokeshire, Wales
Henry Tudor's March — Dale to Bosworth
1485
Leicestershire, England
Skirmish at Welshpool during Henry Tudor March 1485
1485
Powys, Wales
Aubrey Research

Explore the landscape around this battlefield

Aubrey generates in-depth historical research for any location in Britain — drawing on Domesday records, scheduled monuments, Victorian OS maps, geological data and archaeological archives to tell the full story of a place.

Research a location near this battlefield
All Battlefields