When did Bloodymires take place?

Bloodymires took place in an uncertain year, Scotland.

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

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Bloodymires

Scotland

Era

Unknown Era

Battle Type

Pitched Battle

Location

Scotland

Status

Unregistered

The Battle

History & Significance

Bloodymires 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 Bloodymires lies on Stratheden Group, bedrock that formed in the Late Devonian. The rock here is sandstone and conglomerate, interbedded.

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This page covers Bloodymires. 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 Bloodymires

Keir Hill of Dasher,earthwork

Scheduled monument · ~1.8 mi

Keir Hill of Dasher is a Scottish earthwork located in Stirlingshire, occupying high ground underlain by Strathmore Group bedrock of Emsian age. The underlying geology comprises sandstone with subordinate bands of conglomerate, siltstone and mudstone, characteristic deposits laid down in the earl…

Brokencastle,dun 600m NE of Dasher

Scheduled monument · Iron Age · ~2.2 mi

Brokencastle Dun is an Iron Age fortified homestead situated 600 metres north-east of Dasher in Stirlingshire, Scotland. The monument stands upon bedrock of the Stratheden Group, a Late Devonian formation of interbedded sandstone and conglomerate that would have provided building stone for its co…

Fairy Knowe,broch,Buchlyvie

Scheduled monument · Iron Age · ~3 mi

Fairy Knowe is a broch situated near Buchlyvie in Stirlingshire, Scotland. This Iron Age circular stone tower stands on sandstone bedrock of the Strathmore Group, laid down during the Emsian period and interspersed with conglomerate, siltstone and mudstone. The broch's position on this solid geol…

Craigton,dun 460m N of

Scheduled monument · Iron Age · ~3.6 mi

Craigton Dun is an Iron Age fortified settlement located in Stirlingshire, Scotland, standing on bedrock formed from a Carboniferous to Permian mafic igneous intrusion. The dun occupies a defensible position on this volcanic geology, characteristic of many Scottish hill forts of the period. The s…

Leckie Burn,bridge 230m WSW of Watson House

Scheduled monument · ~3.7 mi

Leckie Burn Bridge is a masonry crossing situated 230 metres west-southwest of Watson House in Stirlingshire, Scotland. The bridge carries traffic across Leckie Burn, a watercourse that cuts through the underlying bedrock of the Stratheden Group. This geological formation, laid down in the Late D…

Broch, rock shelter and cup marked rocks, 165m W of Leckie House

Scheduled monument · ~3.7 mi

Broch, rock shelter and cup marked rocks 165m west of Leckie House is a multi-period monument complex in Stirlingshire, Scotland, protected as a scheduled monument by Historic Environment Scotland. The site comprises three distinct archaeological features: an Iron Age broch, a natural rock shelte…

Keir Knowe of Arnmore,earthwork

Scheduled monument · ~1.1 miles

Keir Knowe,motte 460m W of Easter Glinns

Scheduled monument · Medieval · ~1.2 miles

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Sources

Bloodymires · Canmore

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