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Cathair Fhionn

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

History & Significance

Cathair Fhionn 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 Cathair Fhionn lies on Middle Old Red Sandstone (Undifferentiated), bedrock that formed in the Middle Devonian. The rock here is conglomerate, sandstone, siltstone and mudstone.

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Scheduled Monuments near Cathair Fhionn

Dalcrombie, hut circles, settlement & field system 300m NNW of
Dalcrombie, hut circles, settlement & field system 300m NNW of
Scheduled monument · Post-Medieval · ~3 mi

Dalcrombie is a post-medieval settlement comprising hut circles, occupation remains and associated field systems situated on moorland in Inverness-shire. The site lies on bedrock of the Moine Supergroup, Neoproterozoic metamorphic rocks comprising gneissose psammite and semipelite, which would ha…

Ballachar, settlement, hut circles and field systems 275m NNW of
Ballachar, settlement, hut circles and field systems 275m NNW of
Scheduled monument · Post-Medieval · ~3.3 mi

Ballachar is a post-medieval settlement located in Inverness-shire, comprising hut circles and associated field systems. The site lies on bedrock of the Moine Supergroup, a metamorphic unit of Neoproterozoic age consisting of gneissose psammite and gneissose semipelite. This ancient geological fo…

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 · ~3.3 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…

Caledonian Canal,Loch Ness - Dochgarroch Lock
Caledonian Canal,Loch Ness - Dochgarroch Lock
Scheduled monument · ~3.3 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…

Loch Ruthven, crannog 490m SSW of Tullich
Loch Ruthven, crannog 490m SSW of Tullich
Scheduled monument · Iron Age–Medieval · ~3.6 mi

Loch Ruthven crannog is an Iron Age to medieval artificial island settlement located in a freshwater loch 490 metres south-south-west of Tullich in Inverness-shire. Crannogs of this period were constructed by driving timber posts into the loch bed and building domestic structures on the resulting…

Ruthven, crannog 610m NNE of
Ruthven, crannog 610m NNE of
Scheduled monument · Iron Age–Medieval · ~3.8 mi

Ruthven crannog is an Iron Age to medieval settlement situated on the bed of what is now freshwater loch in Inverness-shire. Crannogs were artificial islands constructed from timber, stone and organic material, serving as defensive homesteads or seasonal dwellings across Scotland from prehistoric…

West Town, five hut circles 480m WSW of
Scheduled monument · ~0.6 miles
West Town, ring cairn 240m SW of
Scheduled monument · Bronze Age · ~0.7 miles
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Battles near Cathair Fhionn

'Phantom Battle'
~1.3 miles away
Baloan Farm
~5.2 miles away
MÀM a’ Chatha
~5.6 miles away
Siege of Urquhart Castle 1296
1296
~6.1 miles away
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