When did Killin take place?

Killin took place in an uncertain year, Scotland.

The victor at Killin is disputed or unrecorded in the surviving sources.

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Unknown Era

Killin

Scotland

Era

Unknown Era

Battle Type

Pitched Battle

Location

Scotland

Status

Unregistered

The Battle

History & Significance

Killin 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 Killin lies on Southern Highland Group, bedrock that formed in the Middle Cambrian. The rock here is psammite and pelite.

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Everything a full report reveals about Killin

This page covers Killin. 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.

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Protected heritage nearby

Scheduled Monuments near Killin

Innes Bhuidhe, forts, NE of Bridge of Dochart

Scheduled monument · Iron Age · ~0.4 mi

Innes Bhuidhe is an Iron Age fort situated in Perthshire, Scotland, north-east of Bridge of Dochart. The monument occupies a defensive position in terrain underlain by Southern Highland Group bedrock comprising psammite and pelite deposits formed during the Middle Cambrian period. This geological…

Finlarig Castle,castle,earthworks & mausoleum

Scheduled monument · Medieval · ~1.2 mi

Finlarig Castle is a medieval castle with associated earthworks and mausoleum located in Perthshire, Scotland. The monument occupies a site underlain by metamorphic limestone and marble of the Argyll Group, Neoproterozoic bedrock that provided hard, durable stone for construction. This geological…

Tirai,settlement and standing stone

Scheduled monument · Bronze Age · ~3.8 mi

Tirai is a Bronze Age settlement and standing stone located in Perthshire, Scotland. The site comprises the remains of a prehistoric dwelling settlement alongside a standing stone, representing two significant elements of Bronze Age habitation and ritual practice. The monument is protected by His…

Allt Dhuin Croisg, farmstead

Scheduled monument · Post-Medieval · ~4 mi

Allt Dhuin Croisg is a post-medieval farmstead located in Perthshire, Scotland. The settlement occupies ground underlain by Neoproterozoic bedrock of the Argyll Group, comprising psammite, semipelite and pelite deposits that weather to provide the mixed soils typical of the region's pastoral land…

Burn of Edramucky,shielings and roadways 600m W of Leacann Ghlasa

Scheduled monument · ~4.6 mi

Burn of Edramucky shielings and roadways is a summer pasture settlement located in Perthshire, 600 metres west of Leacann Ghlasa. The monument comprises the remains of shielings—temporary stone structures used by herders during the transhumance season—alongside associated trackways that connected…

Airigh Dalach, shielings

Scheduled monument · ~4.7 mi

Airigh Dalach is a shielings settlement located in Perthshire, Scotland. Shielings were temporary seasonal settlements used by communities to manage livestock during summer grazing months, typically between May and September. These sites are characterised by clusters of small bothies or huts cons…

Kinnell Park,stone circle,Killin

Scheduled monument · Bronze Age · ~0.7 miles

Wester Lix,cup-marked stone 700m E of

Scheduled monument · ~1.8 miles

In the same landscape

Battles near Killin

Glendochart skirmish — MacGregor vs government 1603

Battle of Glen Dochart 1603

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Sources

Killin · Canmore

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