When did Conflict of Gruids take place?

Conflict of Gruids took place in an uncertain year, Scotland.

Who won Conflict of Gruids?

The victor at Conflict of Gruids is disputed or unrecorded in the surviving sources.

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Unknown Era

Conflict of Gruids

Scotland

Era

Unknown Era

Battle Type

Pitched Battle

Location

Scotland

Status

Unregistered

The Battle

History & Significance

Conflict of Gruids 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 Conflict of Gruids lies on Morar Group, bedrock that formed in the Neoproterozoic. The rock here is psammite.

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Battlefields

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Roman Britain

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Stat Accounts

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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

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Historical Maps

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Protected heritage nearby

Scheduled Monuments near Conflict of Gruids

The Ord, chambered cairns, cairns, settlements and field systems

Scheduled monument · Neolithic · ~0.1 mi

The Ord is a Neolithic chambered cairn complex in Sutherland, Scotland, protected as a scheduled monument by Historic Environment Scotland. The site comprises multiple stone cairns set within an archaeological landscape that includes associated settlements and field systems, reflecting sustained…

River Shin,stone circle on W bank of,S of Lairg

Scheduled monument · Bronze Age · ~0.7 mi

# River Shin Stone Circle River Shin stone circle is a Bronze Age ritual monument standing on the western bank of the River Shin, south of Lairg in Sutherland. The circle occupies a prominent position within the Highland landscape, where the underlying bedrock comprises psammite of the Morar Grou…

Lairg Moor South, chambered cairn 290m N of Sydney House

Scheduled monument · Neolithic · ~1.4 mi

Lairg Moor South is a Neolithic chambered cairn situated 290 metres north of Sydney House in Sutherland, Scottish Highlands. The monument stands on bedrock of the Morar Group, Neoproterozoic psammite that underlies this moorland landscape. Chambered cairns of this period typically date to between…

Balcharn, chambered cairn 120m W of

Scheduled monument · Neolithic · ~1.5 mi

Balcharn is a Neolithic chambered cairn located in Sutherland, Scotland, approximately 120 metres west of the settlement from which it takes its name. The monument stands on bedrock of the Morar Group psammite, formed during the Neoproterozoic period, which underlies this remote northern landscap…

Lairg Muir North, chambered cairn 500m NW of Culbuie

Scheduled monument · Neolithic · ~1.6 mi

Lairg Muir North is a Neolithic chambered cairn located 500 metres north-west of Culbuie in Sutherland, Scottish Highlands. The monument stands on bedrock of the Morar Group, psammite deposits formed during the Neoproterozoic era, part of the ancient metamorphic geology that characterises this re…

Achany, cairn 890m NW of

Scheduled monument · ~1.9 mi

Achany cairn is a Bronze Age funerary monument situated on moorland in Sutherland, in the far north of Scotland. The cairn lies approximately 890 metres north-west of Achany, positioned on bedrock formed from an unnamed felsic igneous intrusion of Early Devonian age. This ancient igneous foundati…

Achany Glen, settlement 900m to 1850m S of Lairg Station

Scheduled monument · ~1.9 miles

Druim Baile Fuir, stone circle, cairns, hut circles and enclosure

Scheduled monument · Bronze Age · ~2 miles

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Sources

Conflict of Gruids · Canmore

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