When did Broomend of Crichie take place?

Broomend of Crichie took place in an uncertain year, Scotland.

Who won Broomend of Crichie?

The victor at Broomend of Crichie is disputed or unrecorded in the surviving sources.

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Unknown Era

Broomend of Crichie

Scotland

Era

Unknown Era

Battle Type

Pitched Battle

Location

Scotland

Status

Unregistered

The Battle

History & Significance

Broomend of Crichie 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 Broomend of Crichie lies on Argyll Group, bedrock that formed in the Neoproterozoic. The rock here is psammite, semipelite and pelite.

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Geology

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Scheduled Monuments near Broomend of Crichie

Broomend, henge, avenue, symbol stone and square barrow, 160m NE, 70m E, 160m SSE and 255m SSE of Broom Lodge

Scheduled monument · Bronze Age · ~0.3 mi

Broomend is a Bronze Age ceremonial complex in Aberdeenshire comprising a henge, avenue, symbol stone and square barrow distributed across the landscape near Broom Lodge. The monuments sit upon bedrock of the Argyll Group, ancient psammite, semipelite and pelite formations dating to the Neoproter…

St Apolinaris' Chapel and burial ground

Scheduled monument · ~1.8 mi

St Apolinaris' Chapel and burial ground is a medieval religious monument situated in Aberdeenshire, Scotland. The site comprises the remains of a chapel dedicated to Saint Apolinaris, a saint venerated particularly in continental Europe, alongside an associated burial ground that served the local…

Hogholm Cottage, hut circle 120m SW of

Scheduled monument · ~2 mi

Hogholm Cottage hut circle is a prehistoric domestic settlement located in Aberdeenshire, Scotland, situated 120 metres south-west of Hogholm Cottage itself. The monument is a hut circle, representing the remains of a roundhouse that would have served as a dwelling during the Bronze Age or Iron A…

Brandsbutt Stone, symbol stone

Scheduled monument · ~2.1 mi

Brandsbutt Stone is a Pictish symbol stone of the early medieval period, dating to approximately the 6th to 8th centuries AD. The monument stands in Aberdeenshire and bears carved symbols characteristic of Pictish art, including Class I symbol stones that display non-figurative designs incised in…

Otter / CC BY-SA 3.0 / Wikimedia Commons

Kintore, symbol stone near church

Scheduled monument · Medieval · ~2.3 mi

Kintore symbol stone near church is a medieval carved stone monument located in Aberdeenshire, Scotland, and protected as a Scheduled Monument by Historic Environment Scotland. The stone displays symbolic carvings characteristic of medieval Scottish monuments and stands in close association with…

Valleyview, cairn 90m ENE of

Scheduled monument · ~2.6 mi

Valleyview is a cairn situated in Aberdeenshire, north-east Scotland, protected as a scheduled monument by Historic Environment Scotland. The monument stands on bedrock formed by an unnamed igneous intrusion of Silurian age, composed of felsic rock that crystallised during the late Palaeozoic. Th…

Kinkell Church and burial ground

Scheduled monument · ~0.6 miles

Four Pictish symbol stones, The Bass and Little Bass, Inverurie Cemetery

Scheduled monument · ~0.6 miles

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Sources

Broomend of Crichie · Canmore

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