When did Kenmore take place?

Kenmore took place in an uncertain year, Scotland.

The victor at Kenmore is disputed or unrecorded in the surviving sources.

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Unknown Era

Kenmore

Scotland

Era

Unknown Era

Battle Type

Pitched Battle

Location

Scotland

Status

Unregistered

The Battle

History & Significance

Kenmore 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 Kenmore lies on Southern Highland Group, bedrock that formed in the Middle Cambrian. The rock here is psammite and pelite.

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This page covers Kenmore. A full Aubrey report for the area pulls together this battle alongside scheduled monuments and everything else the record holds within a few miles:

Overview

An interactive map of the location with every monument and battle plotted, and a plain-language history built only from what the record holds.

Monuments

The legally protected scheduled monuments around the location, each with its period, type and significance.

Battlefields

The battles and sieges fought on this ground, mapped and set on a timeline of the wider conflict.

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.

Literature

The books, county histories, charters and archives that mention this place, quoted with their sources.

Legal

The protected sites nearby and the metal-detecting, access and treasure laws that apply to this ground.

Spotlight

A deep dive into the most remarkable, lesser-known history of the place, traced back to the record.

Target Zones

For detectorists: the most promising ground to search nearby, ranked by confidence, with what to expect.

Timeline

The whole story of the location told era by era, from prehistory to the present day.

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Protected heritage nearby

Scheduled Monuments near Kenmore

Creag a'Ghinbhais,fort 500m NNE of Balnacraig

Scheduled monument · Iron Age · ~2.1 mi

Creag a'Ghinbhais is a Iron Age fort situated 500 metres north-north-east of Balnacraig in Perthshire, Scotland. The monument occupies a defensible position on bedrock of the Southern Highland Group, metamorphic rocks of Middle Cambrian age comprising psammite and pelite formations that would hav…

Fortingall, pit-defined enclosure 110m S of Carn na Marbh

Scheduled monument · Post-Medieval · ~2.1 mi

Fortingall pit-defined enclosure is a post-medieval defensive or ceremonial earthwork situated 110 metres south of Carn na Marbh in Perthshire, Scotland. The monument consists of a rampart defined by a series of substantial pits or ditches, a construction method that distinguished it from earlier…

Balnacraig,cairn 370m NNW of

Scheduled monument · ~2.2 mi

Balnacraig cairn is a stone burial monument situated in Perthshire, in the Southern Highlands of Scotland. The cairn stands 370 metres north-north-west of Balnacraig, occupying ground underlain by Middle Cambrian psammite and pelite bedrock of the Southern Highland Group. This ancient metamorphic…

Croftmoraig,stone circle

Scheduled monument · Bronze Age · ~2.2 mi

Croftmoraig is a Bronze Age stone circle located in Perthshire, Scotland. The monument comprises a roughly circular arrangement of standing stones typical of ritual monuments erected during the second millennium BC. The circle sits upon bedrock formed from the Southern Highland Group, a sequence…

Praetorium,homestead moat

Scheduled monument · ~2.5 mi

Praetorium is a homestead moat located in Perthshire, Scotland. The monument consists of a defensive water-filled ditch surrounding a residential enclosure, a domestic fortification type common to medieval Scotland. The moat lies upon bedrock of the Southern Highland Group, comprising metamorphic…

Comrie Castle

Scheduled monument · ~2.5 mi

Comrie Castle is a medieval fortified structure located in Perthshire, Scotland, dating to the late medieval period. The castle served as a significant stronghold within the region and reflects the architectural and defensive conventions of its era. The surviving remains evidence the construction…

David Prentice Menzies / CC BY-SA 4.0 / Wikimedia Commons

Drummond Hill, cupmarked rock 825m NNW of Rock Lodge

Scheduled monument · ~1.7 miles

Caisteal Mac Tuathal, fort 1200m NNW of Taymouth Castle

Scheduled monument · Iron Age · ~1.7 miles

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Sources

Kenmore · Canmore

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