When did Gocumgo, Clachandubh take place?

Gocumgo, Clachandubh took place in an uncertain year, Scotland.

Who won Gocumgo, Clachandubh?

The victor at Gocumgo, Clachandubh is disputed or unrecorded in the surviving sources.

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Unknown Era

Gocumgo, Clachandubh

Scotland

Era

Unknown Era

Battle Type

Pitched Battle

Location

Scotland

Status

Unregistered

The Battle

History & Significance

Gocumgo, Clachandubh 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 Gocumgo, Clachandubh lies on Unnamed Extrusive Rocks, Neoproterozoic, bedrock that formed in the Neoproterozoic. The rock here is mafic lava and mafic tuff.

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Roman Britain

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Civil War

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Geology

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Protected heritage nearby

Scheduled Monuments near Gocumgo, Clachandubh

Ederline,crannog 600m W of

Scheduled monument · Iron Age–Medieval · ~0.3 mi

Ederline crannog is an Iron Age to Medieval artificial island settlement situated 600 metres west of Ederline in Argyllshire, Scotland. The site rests upon Neoproterozoic extrusive rocks, ancient mafic lavas and tuffs that form the bedrock geology of this part of Argyll. Crannogs were constructed…

Stroneskar,cupmarked rock and cairns W of

Scheduled monument · ~0.5 mi

Stroneskar is a cupmarked rock and associated cairns located in Argyllshire, Scotland. The monument comprises a bedrock outcrop decorated with cup marks—shallow, circular depressions created by pecking into the stone surface with stone tools—alongside one or more cairns constructed from loose sto…

Creagantairbh Beag,standing stone at S end of Loch Ederline

Scheduled monument · Bronze Age · ~0.7 mi

Creagantairbh Beag is a Bronze Age standing stone located at the southern end of Loch Ederline in Argyllshire, Scotland. The monument stands protected as a scheduled ancient monument by Historic Environment Scotland under reference SM194. Its position on the loch shore places it within a landscap…

Ford,stone setting 270m SW of Ford Hotel

Scheduled monument · ~0.8 mi

Ford Stone Setting is a prehistoric stone arrangement located 270 metres south-west of Ford Hotel in Argyllshire, Scotland. The monument stands on bedrock comprising Neoproterozoic extrusive rocks—mafic lava and tuff deposited over 540 million years ago—which would have been exposed or close to t…

Ford,cist 35m ENE of Ford Hotel

Scheduled monument · Bronze Age · ~0.9 mi

Ford cist is a Bronze Age burial monument located in Argyllshire, Scotland, situated 35 metres east-northeast of Ford Hotel. The cist is a stone burial chamber, a form of grave construction typical of the Bronze Age, built from stone slabs to contain human remains and grave goods. The monument li…

Glasvaar,cairn 90m SW of

Scheduled monument · ~1 mi

Glasvaar is a cairn situated in Argyllshire, south-west Scotland, protected as a scheduled monument by Historic Environment Scotland. The monument sits upon bedrock composed of Neoproterozoic extrusive rocks, specifically mafic lavas and tuffs formed during the Neoproterozoic era, the ancient vol…

Glasvaar,cupmarked rocks

Scheduled monument · ~1 miles

Barmolloch Mhor, cup and ring marked rock 250m W of

Scheduled monument · ~1.6 miles

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Gocumgo, Clachandubh · Canmore

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