When did Cnocan take place?

Cnocan took place in an uncertain year, Scotland.

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

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Cnocan

Scotland

Era

Unknown Era

Battle Type

Pitched Battle

Location

Scotland

Status

Unregistered

The Battle

History & Significance

Cnocan 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 Cnocan lies on Lower Old Red Sandstone, bedrock that formed in the Early Devonian. The rock here is conglomerate, sandstone, siltstone and mudstone.

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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

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Protected heritage nearby

Scheduled Monuments near Cnocan

Drumore,farmstead,field system,chambered cairn & cupmarks 600m W of

Scheduled monument · Neolithic · ~1.7 mi

Drumore is a neolithic farmstead, field system, chambered cairn and cupmarks located in Ross-shire, Scotland. The site comprises multiple periods of use spanning the fourth and third millennia BC, situated on bedrock of Lower Old Red Sandstone conglomerate, sandstone, siltstone and mudstone datin…

Boath, three chambered cairns NE and NNE of Easter Ballone Farm

Scheduled monument · Neolithic · ~3.2 mi

Boath is a neolithic three-chambered cairn complex situated in Ross-shire, north-east and north-north-east of Easter Ballone Farm. The monuments occupy ground underlain by Lower Old Red Sandstone bedrock, a mixed sequence of conglomerate, sandstone, siltstone and mudstone formed during the Early…

Craig Castle,tower

Scheduled monument · ~5.1 mi

Craig Castle is a tower located in Cromartyshire, Scotland, dating to the medieval period. The structure represents a form of fortified domestic architecture characteristic of northern Scottish landholding, though detailed records of its construction date and original builders remain limited in t…

Jrimas / CC BY-SA 3.0 / Wikimedia Commons

Heights of Brae, chambered cairn 375m NNW of Firth View

Scheduled monument · Neolithic · ~5.5 mi

Heights of Brae is a Neolithic chambered cairn located in Ross-shire, standing 375 metres north-north-west of Firth View. Built during the Neolithic period, this stone monument represents one of Scotland's earliest substantial architectural achievements, constructed by farming communities who set…

Cullicudden, church and burial ground

Scheduled monument · Medieval · ~5.6 mi

Cullicudden is a medieval church and burial ground located in Cromartyshire in the north of Scotland. The site occupies land underlain by Middle Old Red Sandstone bedrock, a complex geology of conglomerate, sandstone, siltstone and mudstone formed during the Middle Devonian period. This red sands…

Julian Paren / CC BY-SA 2.0 / Wikimedia Commons

Dingwall Castle, 20m SW of The Castle House

Scheduled monument · Medieval · ~6 mi

Dingwall Castle is a medieval fortification located in Ross-shire, Scotland, situated approximately twenty metres south-west of The Castle House. The castle represents an important stronghold of the medieval period, serving as a seat of power in the northern Highlands and demonstrating the strate…

Cladh Churadain,chapel and burial ground

Scheduled monument · Medieval · ~1.4 miles

Eileanach Lodge,settlement & field system 550m WSW of

Scheduled monument · Post-Medieval · ~1.6 miles

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Sources

Cnocan · Canmore

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