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Tudor

Gordon-Forbes feud — Druminnor cattle raid 1562

1562
Scotland
Era
Tudor
Battle Type
Pitched Battle
Location
Scotland
Status
Unregistered
The Combatants

Who Fought

Defeated
Forbes
Forces
Forbes of Druminnor men
VS
Victor
Gordon
Forces
Gordon raiders
Outcome
Gordon raid successful; Forbes suffer economic damage
The Battle

History & Significance

Gordon adherents raided Druminnor Castle demesne during the Corrichie crisis, driving off Forbes cattle in an act designed to provoke and weaken the Forbes who supported the Crown against Huntly

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Protected heritage nearby

Scheduled Monuments near Gordon-Forbes feud — Druminnor cattle raid 1562

Mains of Cults, pill box 600m NW of
Scheduled monument · ~1.5 miles
Two Pictish symbol-bearing stones, 170m NW of Leith Hall
Scheduled monument · ~1.7 miles
Wardhouse,settlements and field systems 500m SE of Home Farm
Scheduled monument · Post-Medieval · ~1.8 miles
Foggieburn, palisaded enclosure 325m NNE of
Scheduled monument · Post-Medieval · ~2.7 miles
Ardlair, stone circle 450m SW of
Scheduled monument · Bronze Age · ~2.8 miles
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