BattlefieldsBattle of Tillicoultry 1335
Medieval

Battle of Tillicoultry 1335

1335
Clackmannanshire, Scotland
Also known as: Tillicoultry skirmish 1335 · Scottish ambush at Tillicoultry 1335
Era
Medieval
Battle Type
Skirmish
Location
Clackmannanshire, Scotland
Status
Unregistered
The Combatants

Who Fought

Defeated
English raiding force
Forces
English patrol
VS
Victor
Scotland
Forces
Scottish partisan force
Outcome
Scottish forces ambushed an English patrol near Tillicoultry in Clackmannanshire during the Second War of Independence
The Battle

History & Significance

Tillicoultry at the foot of the Ochil Hills was the site of a Scottish ambush of an English patrol during the confused fighting of the 1330s. The Ochil Hills provided defensible high ground from which Scottish partisans could observe and intercept English forces moving between the Forth valley and Perthshire. These small engagements, individually insignificant, collectively kept the Scottish resistance alive during the worst years of the Second War.

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