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Dunachton

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

History & Significance

Dunachton 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 Dunachton lies on Grampian Group, bedrock that formed in the Neoproterozoic. The rock here is psammite and semipelite.

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Monuments
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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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Scheduled Monuments near Dunachton

Dunachton Lodge, symbol stone 75m SSW of
Dunachton Lodge, symbol stone 75m SSW of
Scheduled monument · ~0.4 mi

Dunachton Lodge symbol stone is a Pictish carved stone located in Inverness-shire, approximately 75 metres south-southwest of Dunachton Lodge. The monument sits on bedrock of the Grampian Group, a Neoproterozoic formation comprising alternating bands of psammite and semipelite that form the under…

Lynchat, souterrain 550m WNW of, Kingussie
Lynchat, souterrain 550m WNW of, Kingussie
Scheduled monument · Iron Age · ~3 mi

Lynchat is a souterrain located 550 metres west-north-west of Kingussie in Inverness-shire. This Iron Age underground structure is built into bedrock of the Grampian Group, a metamorphic formation of psammite and semipelite dating from the Neoproterozoic. The relatively competent, layered nature…

Easter Delfour, ring cairn 220m SSW of
Easter Delfour, ring cairn 220m SSW of
Scheduled monument · Bronze Age · ~3.2 mi

Easter Delfour is a Bronze Age ring cairn situated in Inverness-shire, Scotland, approximately 220 metres south-south-west of the settlement. The monument consists of a circular or oval arrangement of stones characteristic of ring cairns, a distinctive funerary monument type that emerged during t…

Loch an Eilein Castle
Loch an Eilein Castle
Scheduled monument · ~5.4 mi

Loch an Eilein Castle is a ruined medieval fortress situated on an island within Loch an Eilein in Inverness-shire, Scotland. The castle dates primarily to the thirteenth century, with evidence of occupation and modification extending into the sixteenth century. The surviving remains consist of a…

Doune, motte, Rothiemurchus
Doune, motte, Rothiemurchus
Scheduled monument · Medieval · ~5.5 mi

Doune, motte, Rothiemurchus is a medieval earthwork monument in Rothiemurchus, Inverness-shire, comprising an elevated mound typical of 12th to 13th-century frontier fortifications in the Scottish Highlands. The motte rises from bedrock of the Grampian Group, Neoproterozoic psammite and semipelit…

Balvattan, settlement and field system, Rothiemurchus
Balvattan, settlement and field system, Rothiemurchus
Scheduled monument · Post-Medieval · ~6.6 mi

Balvattan is a post-medieval settlement and field system located in Rothiemurchus, Inverness-shire. The site lies upon bedrock of the Grampian Group, ancient psammite and semipelite rocks formed during the Neoproterozoic era. This geological foundation characterises the upland landscape of the Ca…

Ruthven Barracks, Kingussie
Scheduled monument · ~4.3 miles
In the same landscape

Battles near Dunachton

Siege of Ruthven Barracks (1745)
1745
~4.7 miles away
Montrose march through Badenoch 1644
1644
~4.8 miles away
Raid on Ruthven 1715
1715
~5.2 miles away
Battle of Craig Cailloc
1441
~9 miles away
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