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Inverness, Clachnaharry, Clan Battle Monument

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

History & Significance

Inverness, Clachnaharry, Clan Battle Monument 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 Inverness, Clachnaharry, Clan Battle Monument lies on Middle Old Red Sandstone (Undifferentiated), bedrock that formed in the Middle Devonian. The rock here is conglomerate, sandstone, siltstone and mudstone.

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Battlefields
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Roman Britain
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Stat Accounts
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Civil War
The Civil War fighting, garrisons and recorded militaria in this area, woven into the arc of 1642 to 1651.
Geology
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Local Names
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Historical Maps
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Protected heritage nearby

Scheduled Monuments near Inverness, Clachnaharry, Clan Battle Monument

Caledonian Canal,Clachnaharry Sea Lock to Muirtown Quay
Caledonian Canal,Clachnaharry Sea Lock to Muirtown Quay
Scheduled monument · ~0.3 mi

Clachnaharry Sea Lock to Muirtown Quay is a section of the Caledonian Canal that forms the navigable link between Inverness and the Moray Firth on the north-east coast of Scotland. This stretch encompasses the tidal sea lock at Clachnaharry and the inland basin at Muirtown, two essential componen…

Remains of Cromwell's Fort, bastion west of Lotland Place, Inverness
Remains of Cromwell's Fort, bastion west of Lotland Place, Inverness
Scheduled monument · ~1.3 mi

Remains of Cromwell's Fort is a bastion fort west of Lotland Place in Inverness, constructed during the English military occupation of Scotland in the mid-seventeenth century. The fort sits on bedrock of Middle Old Red Sandstone, a durable conglomerate and sandstone foundation laid down in the Mi…

Leachkin, chambered cairn
Leachkin, chambered cairn
Scheduled monument · Neolithic · ~1.7 mi

Leachkin is a Neolithic chambered cairn located in Inverness-shire in the Scottish Highlands. Built during the Neolithic period, roughly between 4000 and 3000 BC, the monument represents a significant investment in communal labour and reflects the ritual practices of early farming communities. Ch…

Coul Point, crannog 750m S of (formerly Carn Dubh)
Coul Point, crannog 750m S of (formerly Carn Dubh)
Scheduled monument · Iron Age–Medieval · ~1.8 mi

Coul Point is an Iron Age to medieval crannog situated 750 metres south of Carn Dubh in Scotland. Crannogs were artificial islands constructed in lochs and wetlands, serving as defended settlements and demonstrating sophisticated engineering techniques across Celtic Britain and Ireland. This exam…

Ord Hill,fort
Ord Hill,fort
Scheduled monument · Iron Age · ~2 mi

Ord Hill is an Iron Age fort located in Ross-shire, northern Scotland. The fort sits upon bedrock of Middle Old Red Sandstone, a conglomerate and sandstone formation dating to the Middle Devonian period. This underlying geology of mixed conglomeratic and fine sedimentary rocks would have presente…

Caledonian Canal,Dochgarroch Lock - Muirtown Locks
Caledonian Canal,Dochgarroch Lock - Muirtown Locks
Scheduled monument · ~2.3 mi

Dochgarroch Lock to Muirtown Locks is a section of the Caledonian Canal in Inverness-shire, Scotland. This waterway forms part of Thomas Telford's ambitious early nineteenth-century scheme to connect the east and west coasts of Scotland via the Great Glen. The canal's route follows the geological…

Craig Phadrig,fort
Scheduled monument · Iron Age · ~0.8 miles
Inverness, site of Dominican friary and effigy of a knight, Friars' Street
Scheduled monument · ~1.3 miles
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Battles near Inverness, Clachnaharry, Clan Battle Monument

Battle of Clachnaharry
1454
~0.1 miles away
Siege of Inverness
1689
~1.3 miles away
Siege of Inverness (1715)
1715
~1.5 miles away
Siege of Inverness
1429
~1.6 miles away
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