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Ardnamurchan, Gortenfern

Scotland
Era
Unknown Era
Battle Type
Pitched Battle
Location
Scotland
Status
Unregistered
The Battle

History & Significance

Ardnamurchan, Gortenfern was a pitched battle between opposing field armies, fought in Scotland. Which side prevailed is not recorded in the surviving sources, and its outcome is not conclusively established in the historical record.

The ground

The ground they fought on

The site of Ardnamurchan, Gortenfern lies on Morar Group, bedrock that formed in the Neoproterozoic. The rock here is semipelite and pelite.

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Roman Britain
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Stat Accounts
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Civil War
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Geology
The bedrock beneath the site, its age and rock type, reaching back hundreds of millions of years.
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Historical Maps
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Scheduled Monuments near Ardnamurchan, Gortenfern

The Torr, fort, dun and enclosure, Shielfoot
The Torr, fort, dun and enclosure, Shielfoot
Scheduled monument · Iron Age · ~2.7 mi

The Torr, fort, dun and enclosure, Shielfoot is an Iron Age defensive settlement located in Argyllshire, Scotland. The monument comprises multiple concentric earthwork defences characteristic of dun construction, a form of fortified residence typical of the Scottish Highlands and Western Isles du…

Castle Tioram & Eilean Tirim
Castle Tioram & Eilean Tirim
Scheduled monument · ~3.4 mi

Castle Tioram is a ruined medieval castle located on an island in Loch Moidart in Inverness-shire, Scotland. The castle was built in the thirteenth century and served as a stronghold of Clan MacDonald, particularly important to the Lords of the Isles who controlled much of the western Scottish Hi…

Cladh Chiarain,chambered cairn 80m NNE of
Cladh Chiarain,chambered cairn 80m NNE of
Scheduled monument · Neolithic · ~5.7 mi

Cladh Chiarain is a Neolithic chambered cairn located in Argyllshire, Scotland, standing 80 metres north-north-east of the settlement it serves. The monument dates to the Neolithic period, when communities across Britain constructed these distinctive stone structures as communal burial places and…

Tornamoine, depopulated settlement NW of Camas nan Geall
Tornamoine, depopulated settlement NW of Camas nan Geall
Scheduled monument · ~5.8 mi

Tornamoine is a depopulated settlement located in Argyllshire, north-west of Camas nan Geall. The site occupies ground underlain by psammite of the Morar Group, a metamorphic rock formation dating to the Neoproterozoic era that characterises much of the Scottish Highlands. This hard, sandy stone…

Cladh Chiarain, burial ground and standing stone, Camas nan Geall
Cladh Chiarain, burial ground and standing stone, Camas nan Geall
Scheduled monument · Bronze Age · ~5.8 mi

Cladh Chiarain is a Bronze Age burial ground and standing stone located in Camas nan Geall in Argyllshire, Scotland. The site occupies ground underlain by Palaeogene extrusive rocks, mafic lavas and tuffs formed during intense volcanic activity in the early Tertiary period. This ancient bedrock p…

Branault,standing stones 120m NW of
Branault,standing stones 120m NW of
Scheduled monument · Bronze Age · ~5.8 mi

Branault is a Bronze Age standing stone monument located in Argyllshire, Scotland, situated 120 metres north-west of the settlement. The stone rises from bedrock composed of Palaeogene extrusive rocks—mafic lava and mafic tuff—which form the underlying geology of this Highland landscape. This vol…

Dun an Eididh, dun 210m WNW of Duneira
Scheduled monument · Iron Age · ~1.7 miles
Lochan an Ime,dun 740m NNW of NW corner of loch
Scheduled monument · Iron Age · ~4.2 miles
In the same landscape

Battles near Ardnamurchan, Gortenfern

Battle of Blain
843
~3.5 miles away
Ardnamurchan, Bourblaige
~6.2 miles away
Ardnamurchan raid 1644
1644
~8.1 miles away
Ardnamurchan, Creag an Airgid
~9.5 miles away
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