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Battle of Inverkeithing Ii

Scotland
Era
Unknown Era
Battle Type
Pitched Battle
Location
Scotland
Status
Registered · HES BTL23
The Battle

History & Significance

A pitched battle Scotland. On the statutory register of historic battlefields (HES BTL23). Which side prevailed is not recorded in the surviving sources. Its outcome is not conclusively established in the historical record.

Confirmed battlefield location
The ground

The ground they fought on

The site of Battle of Inverkeithing Ii lies on Unnamed Igneous Intrusion, Carboniferous To Permian, bedrock that formed in the Permian. The rock here is dolerite and tholeiitic basalt.

Registered Historic Battlefield

This battlefield is listed on the Register of Historic Battlefields — a national designation identifying Britain's most significant battle sites for protection and further research. Reference: HES BTL23.

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Scheduled Monuments near Battle of Inverkeithing Ii

Rosyth Castle Dovecot
Rosyth Castle Dovecot
Scheduled monument · ~1.3 mi

Rosyth Castle Dovecot is a sixteenth-century stone structure located within the policies of Rosyth Castle in Fife, Scotland. The dovecot is a rectangular building constructed in rubble masonry, designed to house pigeons which provided a valuable source of fresh meat and fertiliser for the castle…

Rosyth Castle
Rosyth Castle
Scheduled monument · ~1.4 mi

Rosyth Castle is a fifteenth-century fortress situated on the Firth of Forth in Fife, Scotland. Built by the Scottish Crown in the 1420s, the castle comprises a distinctive L-shaped tower house constructed of rubble masonry, representing a significant example of late medieval Scottish military ar…

Middlebank House, souterrain 370m ENE of
Middlebank House, souterrain 370m ENE of
Scheduled monument · Iron Age · ~2 mi

Middlebank House souterrain is an Iron Age underground stone-built structure situated 370 metres east-north-east of Middlebank House in Fife. The monument survives as a partially preserved passage chamber, typical of souterrains constructed during the later Iron Age across eastern Scotland. These…

Hound Point Battery, 150m W of Fishery Cottage
Hound Point Battery, 150m W of Fishery Cottage
Scheduled monument · ~2.2 mi

Hound Point Battery is a coastal defence fortification located on the sandstone cliffs west of Fishery Cottage in Linlithgowshire, Scotland. The battery was constructed on Early Carboniferous bedrock, a natural foundation of pale sandstone interbedded with siltstone, claystone and limestone that…

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Earl Cairnie or Harlow Cairn,cairn,The Warrens
Earl Cairnie or Harlow Cairn,cairn,The Warrens
Scheduled monument · ~2.2 mi

Earl Cairnie is a cairn located at the Warrens in Linlithgowshire, Scotland. The monument sits upon bedrock formed during the Permian period, an igneous intrusion of dolerite and tholeiitic basalt that creates a distinctive geological foundation. This hard volcanic geology would have offered secu…

Balbougie, enclosed settlement 310m NNE of
Balbougie, enclosed settlement 310m NNE of
Scheduled monument · ~2.5 mi

Balbougie is an enclosed settlement situated in Fife, Scotland, standing on bedrock formed from a Carboniferous to Permian mafic igneous intrusion. The dark volcanic rock underlying the site would have presented particular challenges to its builders, who would have needed to work with the natural…

North Queensferry, St James' Chapel
Scheduled monument · Medieval · ~0.6 miles
Inch Garvie,Firth of Forth,defensive installations
Scheduled monument · Iron Age · ~1.2 miles
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