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Forres

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

History & Significance

Forres 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 Forres lies on Upper Old Red Sandstone, bedrock that formed in the Late Devonian. The rock here is conglomerate, sandstone, siltstone and mudstone.

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Monuments
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Battlefields
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Roman Britain
The Roman roads, forts and towns near here, and the Iron Age people who held the land before Rome arrived.
Stat Accounts
The parish Statistical Accounts of the 1790s and 1830s, describing life, work and population here.
Civil War
The Civil War fighting, garrisons and recorded militaria in this area, woven into the arc of 1642 to 1651.
Geology
The bedrock beneath the site, its age and rock type, reaching back hundreds of millions of years.
Local Names
What the street and field names around here actually mean, and the history buried inside them.
Historical Maps
Ordnance Survey maps from the 1800s, layered over the location as it stands today.
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Protected heritage nearby

Scheduled Monuments near Forres

Greshop Farm,enclosures 300-400m SW of
Greshop Farm,enclosures 300-400m SW of
Scheduled monument · Post-Medieval · ~0.6 mi

Greshop Farm enclosures is a post-medieval monument situated in Morayshire, Scotland, approximately 300–400 metres south-west of Greshop Farm itself. The enclosures represent field divisions and pastoral management typical of early modern agricultural practice in the region. Built upon bedrock of…

Altyre House,inscribed stone
Altyre House,inscribed stone
Scheduled monument · ~1.7 mi

Altyre House inscribed stone is a carved stone monument located in Morayshire, in the north-east of Scotland. The stone sits upon bedrock of Upper Old Red Sandstone, a geological formation dating to the Late Devonian period composed of conglomerate, sandstone, siltstone and mudstone. This local s…

Blervie Castle
Blervie Castle
Scheduled monument · ~2.6 mi

Blervie Castle is a ruined castle situated in Morayshire, Scotland, dating to the medieval period. The site consists of the remains of a fortified structure characteristic of the region's defensive architecture. Like many Scottish castles of its era, Blervie would have served as a stronghold for…

Rodney's Stone, symbol-bearing cross slab 475m ESE of Brodie Castle
Rodney's Stone, symbol-bearing cross slab 475m ESE of Brodie Castle
Scheduled monument · Medieval · ~2.8 mi

Rodney's Stone is a Medieval symbol-bearing cross slab located 475 metres east-south-east of Brodie Castle in Morayshire, Scotland. The monument bears carved symbols characteristic of Pictish or early medieval Scottish tradition, indicating its function as a marker or commemorative stone of consi…

Kinloss Abbey
Kinloss Abbey
Scheduled monument · ~3.1 mi

Kinloss Abbey is a Cistercian monastery founded in 1150 by King David I of Scotland in the parish of Kinloss, Morayshire. The abbey was established as part of the royal patronage of the Cistercian order in Scotland and became one of the significant religious houses in the north-east. The survivin…

Fishing vessel graveyard, 600m NNE of Binsness Cottage, Findhorn Bay
Fishing vessel graveyard, 600m NNE of Binsness Cottage, Findhorn Bay
Scheduled monument · ~3.5 mi

Fishing vessel graveyard is a collection of abandoned fishing boats located 600 metres north-north-east of Binsness Cottage in Findhorn Bay, Morayshire. The site sits on Upper Old Red Sandstone bedrock, a foundation of Late Devonian conglomerate, sandstone, siltstone and mudstone that underlies t…

Sueno's Stone
Scheduled monument · ~1.4 miles
Altyre,old parish church
Scheduled monument · Medieval · ~1.7 miles
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Battles near Forres

Culbin Sands
~2.2 miles away
Kinloss Airfield, Battle H.Q.
~4.1 miles away
Battle of Auldearn
1645
~7.1 miles away
Standingstone
~7.6 miles away
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