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Tudor

Forbes-Gordon — Towie Castle destruction 1571

1571
Scotland
Era
Tudor
Battle Type
Pitched Battle
Location
Scotland
Status
Unregistered
The Combatants

Who Fought

Defeated
Forbes
Forces
Forbes garrison of Towie Castle
VS
Victor
Adam Gordon
Forces
Adam Gordon men
Outcome
Gordon destroys Towie; Forbes garrison massacred
The Battle

History & Significance

Adam Gordon burned Towie Castle, killing the Forbes garrison including women and children; the atrocity shocked contemporaries and intensified the Forbes-Gordon blood feud during the civil war

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Protected heritage nearby

Scheduled Monuments near Forbes-Gordon — Towie Castle destruction 1571

Cnoc Cailliche, fort 360m WSW of Upper Wheedlemont
Scheduled monument · Iron Age · ~0.2 miles
Currach Cottage, hut circles 330m NE of
Scheduled monument · ~0.2 miles
Brawland, cupmarked boulder 270m WSW of
Scheduled monument · ~0.5 miles
Nether Wheedlemont,stone circle 80m NNE of
Scheduled monument · Bronze Age · ~0.7 miles
Auchindoir, St Mary's Church, Mote Hill and Dovecot
Scheduled monument · Medieval · ~0.9 miles
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