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Tudor

Gordon Drochlaw Skirmish 1571

1571
Scotland
Era
Tudor
Battle Type
Pitched Battle
Location
Scotland
Status
Unregistered
The Combatants

Who Fought

Forces
Not recorded in historical accounts
Forces
Forbes raiders
VS
Victor
Not recorded in historical accounts
Forces
Gordon horsemen
Outcome
Gordon success; Forbes party driven off
The Battle

History & Significance

A secondary skirmish near Drochlaw during the Aberdeenshire conflict of 1571; Gordon forces dispersed a Forbes raiding party attempting to recover cattle seized by Gordon adherents

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Protected heritage nearby

Scheduled Monuments near Gordon Drochlaw Skirmish 1571

Mummer's Reive, cairn
Scheduled monument · ~0.9 miles
Cat Cairn, cairn 255m SW of Smiddyhowe
Scheduled monument · ~1.4 miles
Black Cairn, cairn 990m NW of Tocherford
Scheduled monument · ~1.4 miles
Newton House, inscribed stone and symbol stone 90m E of
Scheduled monument · ~1.7 miles
Colpy Cottage, palisaded enclosure 300m S of
Scheduled monument · Post-Medieval · ~1.8 miles
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