Battlefields›Fort William, 'Feith Nan Caimbeulach'
Unknown Era

Fort William, 'Feith Nan Caimbeulach'

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

History & Significance

Fort William, 'Feith Nan Caimbeulach' 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 Fort William, 'Feith Nan Caimbeulach' lies on Grampian Group, bedrock that formed in the Neoproterozoic. The rock here is psammite and semipelite.

Questions & Answers

Frequently Asked Questions

Unlimited access

Everything a full report reveals about Fort William, 'Feith Nan Caimbeulach'

This page covers Fort William, 'Feith Nan Caimbeulach'. A full Aubrey report for the area pulls together this battle alongside scheduled monuments and everything else the record holds within a few miles:

Overview
An interactive map of the location with every monument and battle plotted, and a plain-language history built only from what the record holds.
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
The books, county histories, charters and archives that mention this place, quoted with their sources.
Legal
The protected sites nearby and the metal-detecting, access and treasure laws that apply to this ground.
Spotlight
A deep dive into the most remarkable, lesser-known history of the place, traced back to the record.
Target Zones
For detectorists: the most promising ground to search nearby, ranked by confidence, with what to expect.
Timeline
The whole story of the location told era by era, from prehistory to the present day.
First month just £4.99, then £9.99 a month. Unlimited locations, cancel anytime.

Every location is different. Not every section appears for every place, only what the historical record actually holds turns up in a report.

Start your Fort William, 'Feith Nan Caimbeulach' report
Or see a real report first
Protected heritage nearby

Scheduled Monuments near Fort William, 'Feith Nan Caimbeulach'

Fort William, fort
Fort William, fort
Scheduled monument · Iron Age · ~1.1 mi

Fort William is an Iron Age fort located in Inverness-shire, Scotland. The site occupies a naturally defensive position, its bedrock composed of ancient metasedimentary schist formed during the Neoproterozoic and belonging to the Moinian sequence. This metamorphic foundation provided a stable bas…

Caledonian Canal,Corpach Locks and Basin
Caledonian Canal,Corpach Locks and Basin
Scheduled monument · ~2.5 mi

Corpach Locks and Basin is a major engineering work on the Caledonian Canal in Argyllshire, Scotland. The locks and basin form the sea-level terminus of the canal system, managing the transition between freshwater and tidal waters. The structure sits upon psammite bedrock of the Loch Eil Group, f…

Caledonian Canal,Neptune's Staircase,canal locks,Banavie
Caledonian Canal,Neptune's Staircase,canal locks,Banavie
Scheduled monument · ~3 mi

Neptune's Staircase is a flight of eight canal locks at Banavie in Argyllshire, Scotland, forming the most dramatic section of the Caledonian Canal. Completed in the early nineteenth century, the locks descend steeply from Banavie towards Loch Eil, raising or lowering vessels by a total of 64 fee…

Caledonian Canal,Moy Swing Bridge
Caledonian Canal,Moy Swing Bridge
Scheduled monument · ~7.4 mi

Moy Swing Bridge is a moy swing bridge on the Caledonian Canal in Inverness-shire, Scotland. It is a scheduled monument protected by Historic Environment Scotland. The bridge exemplifies the engineering solutions developed for the Canal's construction in the early nineteenth century, which requir…

Tom Beag,inclined plane,Ballachulish
Tom Beag,inclined plane,Ballachulish
Scheduled monument · ~8.8 mi

Tom Beag inclined plane is a slate quarry installation located near Ballachulish in Argyllshire, Scotland. The site exploited the natural geology of the Appin Group, a Neoproterozoic rock sequence that underlies the landscape. The quarrymen worked graphitic pelites, calcareous pelites, calcsilica…

Cnocan Dubh,fort,Ballachulish
Cnocan Dubh,fort,Ballachulish
Scheduled monument · Iron Age · ~8.8 mi

Cnocan Dubh is a Iron Age fort located near Ballachulish in Argyllshire, Scotland. The fort occupies a strategically prominent position in the landscape, with its underlying geology formed from the Appin Group of Neoproterozoic rocks. These ancient bedrock formations, comprising graphitic pelite,…

Inverlochy Castle
Scheduled monument · ~2.3 miles
An Dun, fort, Dun Deardail
Scheduled monument · Iron Age · ~2.4 miles
In the same landscape

Battles near Fort William, 'Feith Nan Caimbeulach'

Lochan a' Chath
~0.4 miles away
Siege of Fort William
1746
~0.8 miles away
Cromwellian Fort at Inverlochy 1654
1654
~1 miles away
Battle of Inverlochy I
~1.8 miles away
Aubrey Research

Explore the landscape around this battlefield

Aubrey generates in-depth historical research for any location in the UK — drawing on Domesday records, scheduled monuments, Victorian OS maps, geological data and archaeological archives to tell the full story of a place.

Research a location near this battlefieldView a sample report
Sources
All Battlefields