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Unknown Era

Carse

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

History & Significance

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

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Monuments
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Battlefields
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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
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Scheduled Monuments near Carse

Kilberry Castle, crosses 50m E of, and carved stones 215m NE of
Kilberry Castle, crosses 50m E of, and carved stones 215m NE of
Scheduled monument · ~2.7 mi

Kilberry Castle is a ruined medieval fortification located in Argyllshire in the south-west Highlands of Scotland. The castle occupies a landscape of ancient metamorphic bedrock belonging to the Argyll Group, which was formed during the Neoproterozoic and comprises bands of psammite, semipelite a…

Cnoc Dubh na Leitreach, cairns 150m SSW of, Achaglachgach
Cnoc Dubh na Leitreach, cairns 150m SSW of, Achaglachgach
Scheduled monument · ~3.9 mi

Cnoc Dubh na Leitreach cairns is a Bronze Age funerary monument situated on moorland in Argyllshire, 150 metres south-south-west of Achaglachgach. The site lies on bedrock of the Argyll Group, Neoproterozoic psammite, semipelite and pelite, which forms part of the ancient metamorphic foundation o…

Ronachan Bay,fort S of
Ronachan Bay,fort S of
Scheduled monument · Iron Age · ~4.2 mi

Ronachan Bay fort is an Iron Age fort located in Argyllshire, south of Ronachan Bay. The fortification occupies a rocky headland composed of Proterozoic mica schist bedrock, formed during the Neoproterozoic era. This ancient metamorphic geology, interspersed with quartzite and marble, provided bo…

Loch Ciaran, standing stone 1430m SW of Achaglass
Loch Ciaran, standing stone 1430m SW of Achaglass
Scheduled monument · Bronze Age · ~4.8 mi

Loch Ciaran standing stone is a Bronze Age monolith situated 1430 metres south-west of Achaglass in Argyllshire, Scotland. The stone stands upon bedrock formed from the Southern Highland Group, a sequence of Middle Cambrian volcanic and sedimentary rocks comprising lava flows, tuff and volcanicla…

Ballochroy,three standing stones & cist 400m NE of
Ballochroy,three standing stones & cist 400m NE of
Scheduled monument · Bronze Age · ~5.7 mi

Ballochroy is a Bronze Age standing stone monument comprising three upright stones and an associated stone cist, located in Argyllshire, Scotland. The three stones are aligned in a broadly linear arrangement, a characteristic configuration of this monument type, whilst the cist—a stone-built buri…

An Dunan, dun 70m SW of Minen
An Dunan, dun 70m SW of Minen
Scheduled monument · Iron Age · ~5.9 mi

An Dunan is a dun situated 70 metres south-west of Minen in Argyllshire, Scotland. This Iron Age fortified homestead belongs to a class of defensive stone structures characteristic of the Scottish Highlands and Islands during the first millennium BCE and CE. Built upon bedrock of the Argyll Group…

Dun Skeig,duns & fort
Scheduled monument · Iron Age · ~2.8 miles
Leamnamuic,dun 275m NE of
Scheduled monument · Iron Age · ~3.2 miles
In the same landscape

Battles near Carse

Battle of Largybaan 1647
1647
~6.1 miles away
Gigha, Port Mor
~6.7 miles away
Ormsary
~6.8 miles away
Battle of Rhunahaorine Moss
1647
~8.3 miles away
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