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Blar Nam Feinne

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

History & Significance

Blar Nam Feinne 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 Blar Nam Feinne lies on Glenfinnan Group, bedrock that formed in the Neoproterozoic. The rock here is psammite and pelite.

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Scheduled Monuments near Blar Nam Feinne

Leachkin, chambered cairn
Leachkin, chambered cairn
Scheduled monument · Neolithic · ~2.2 mi

Leachkin is a Neolithic chambered cairn located in Inverness-shire in the Scottish Highlands. Built during the Neolithic period, roughly between 4000 and 3000 BC, the monument represents a significant investment in communal labour and reflects the ritual practices of early farming communities. Ch…

Balblair Stone, symbol stone, Moniak Castle Wineries
Balblair Stone, symbol stone, Moniak Castle Wineries
Scheduled monument · Medieval · ~2.7 mi

Balblair Stone is a symbol stone located in Inverness-shire, Scotland, protected by Historic Environment Scotland under reference SM932. The monument sits on bedrock belonging to the Glenfinnan Group, a formation of psammite and pelite rocks laid down during the Neoproterozoic period. This ancien…

Caledonian Canal,Loch Ness - Dochgarroch Lock
Caledonian Canal,Loch Ness - Dochgarroch Lock
Scheduled monument · ~2.8 mi

Dochgarroch Lock is a masonry lock forming part of the Caledonian Canal system, situated on the north-eastern shore of Loch Ness in Inverness-shire. The lock lies built upon Neoproterozoic bedrock of the Glenfinnan Group, comprising psammite and pelite strata that underlie this section of the Gre…

Coul Point, crannog 750m S of (formerly Carn Dubh)
Coul Point, crannog 750m S of (formerly Carn Dubh)
Scheduled monument · Iron Age–Medieval · ~2.8 mi

Coul Point is an Iron Age to medieval crannog situated 750 metres south of Carn Dubh in Scotland. Crannogs were artificial islands constructed in lochs and wetlands, serving as defended settlements and demonstrating sophisticated engineering techniques across Celtic Britain and Ireland. This exam…

Caledonian Canal,Dochgarroch Lock - Muirtown Locks
Caledonian Canal,Dochgarroch Lock - Muirtown Locks
Scheduled monument · ~3 mi

Dochgarroch Lock to Muirtown Locks is a section of the Caledonian Canal in Inverness-shire, Scotland. This waterway forms part of Thomas Telford's ambitious early nineteenth-century scheme to connect the east and west coasts of Scotland via the Great Glen. The canal's route follows the geological…

Crow Wood Cottage, chambered cairn and standing stones 265m W of
Crow Wood Cottage, chambered cairn and standing stones 265m W of
Scheduled monument · Neolithic · ~3.1 mi

Crow Wood Cottage is a Neolithic chambered cairn located in Inverness-shire, standing on bedrock of Middle Old Red Sandstone laid down during the Middle Devonian period. The underlying conglomerate, sandstone, siltstone and mudstone geology would have been exposed or thinly covered when the monum…

Tom-a'-Caisteal, castle 400m S of Kirkton
Scheduled monument · Medieval · ~1.1 miles
Phopachy, crannog 540m NNW of
Scheduled monument · Iron Age–Medieval · ~2.1 miles
In the same landscape

Battles near Blar Nam Feinne

MÀM a’ Chatha
~2 miles away
Torvaine
~3.6 miles away
Inverness, Clachnaharry, Clan Battle Monument
~3.6 miles away
Battle of Clachnaharry
1454
~3.7 miles away
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