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Grandtully

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

History & Significance

Grandtully 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 Grandtully lies on Southern Highland Group, bedrock that formed in the Middle Cambrian. The rock here is lava, tuff, volcaniclastic rock and sedimentary rock.

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Scheduled Monuments near Grandtully

Haugh of Grandtully, fort 200m SSE of
Haugh of Grandtully, fort 200m SSE of
Scheduled monument · Iron Age · ~1.2 mi

Haugh of Grandtully is a Iron Age fort located in Perthshire, Scotland, situated some 200 metres south-south-east of Grandtully itself. The fort occupies ground underlain by the Southern Highland Group bedrock, a geological formation of psammite and pelite dating from the Middle Cambrian period.…

Balenduin, cairn 80m SE of
Balenduin, cairn 80m SE of
Scheduled monument · ~1.2 mi

Balenduin Cairn is a prehistoric monument located in Perthshire, Scotland, and is protected as a scheduled monument by Historic Environment Scotland. The cairn sits on bedrock of the Southern Highland Group, a geological formation comprising psammite and pelite rocks that date to the Middle Cambr…

Castle Dow,fort
Castle Dow,fort
Scheduled monument · Iron Age · ~1.3 mi

Castle Dow is a Iron Age fort located in Perthshire, Scotland, protected by Historic Environment Scotland under reference SM4432. The fort sits on bedrock of the Southern Highland Group, comprising psammite and pelite deposits laid down during the Middle Cambrian period. This ancient geology prov…

Middleton,dun 240m WNW of
Middleton,dun 240m WNW of
Scheduled monument · Iron Age · ~1.4 mi

Middleton Dun is an Iron Age dun situated in Perthshire, Scotland, approximately 240 metres west-north-west of Middleton. The monument is protected by Historic Environment Scotland under reference SM2692. Duns were small, fortified residential structures characteristic of Iron Age Scotland, typic…

Tulloch of Pitnacree, enclosure 150m NW of
Tulloch of Pitnacree, enclosure 150m NW of
Scheduled monument · Post-Medieval · ~1.5 mi

Tulloch of Pitnacree is a post-medieval enclosure situated in Perthshire, some 150 metres north-west of Pitnacree. The monument lies on bedrock of the Southern Highland Group, a geological formation of Middle Cambrian age comprising psammite and pelite—metamorphosed sandstone and mudstone—which c…

Dunvorist,dun 180m S of
Dunvorist,dun 180m S of
Scheduled monument · Iron Age · ~1.5 mi

Dunvorist is an Iron Age dun situated in Perthshire, Scotland, approximately 180 metres south of Dunvorist itself. The monument comprises a fortified stone structure typical of Iron Age settlement in northern Britain, when such defensive homesteads served as strongholds for local chieftains and t…

Findynate,homestead 450m SW of
Scheduled monument · ~0.8 miles
Haugh of Grandtully, standing stone and barrows 490m WNW of
Scheduled monument · Bronze Age · ~1 miles
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