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Leac Na Saighde

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

History & Significance

Leac Na Saighde 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 Leac Na Saighde lies on Glenfinnan Group, bedrock that formed in the Neoproterozoic. The rock here is psammite.

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Geology
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Scheduled Monuments near Leac Na Saighde

Lurga, lead mines, Gleann Dubh
Lurga, lead mines, Gleann Dubh
Scheduled monument · ~0.6 mi

Lurga lead mines in Gleann Dubh is a historic industrial site in Argyllshire, Scotland, where lead ore was extracted from the underlying Glenfinnan Group psammite bedrock. This metamorphic geology, formed during the Neoproterozoic era, provided the mineral-bearing strata that attracted mining act…

Acharn Bridge, kerb-cairn 120m ENE of Acharn
Acharn Bridge, kerb-cairn 120m ENE of Acharn
Scheduled monument · ~4 mi

Acharn Bridge kerb-cairn is a Bronze Age funerary monument located in Argyllshire, Scotland, approximately 120 metres east-north-east of Acharn. The site lies on bedrock of the Glenfinnan Group, a sequence of metamorphic pelites formed during the Neoproterozoic era, which provides a foundation of…

Acharn, cairn 480m NW of
Acharn, cairn 480m NW of
Scheduled monument · ~4.1 mi

Acharn, cairn 480m NW of, is a prehistoric ceremonial monument situated in Argyllshire, Scotland. The cairn stands on bedrock of the Glenfinnan Group, a pelite formation dating to the Neoproterozoic era, which underlies much of the local landscape in this rugged Highland region. The choice of loc…

Acharn, cairns 350m WNW of
Acharn, cairns 350m WNW of
Scheduled monument · ~4.1 mi

Acharn is a cairns site located in Argyllshire, Scotland, approximately 350 metres west-north-west of Acharn itself. The monument comprises prehistoric stone heaps built upon bedrock formed from Glenfinnan Group pelite, a metamorphosed sedimentary rock of Neoproterozoic age that underlies much of…

Resipole, dun 300m SW of
Resipole, dun 300m SW of
Scheduled monument · Iron Age · ~4.8 mi

Resipole dun is an Iron Age fortified settlement situated 300 metres south-west of Resipole in Argyllshire, Scotland. The monument consists of the earthworks and stone remains characteristic of a dun, a small defensive structure typical of Iron Age communities in the Scottish Highlands and island…

Eorna Cottage, cairn 551m WNW of
Eorna Cottage, cairn 551m WNW of
Scheduled monument · ~5.3 mi

Eorna Cottage Cairn is a prehistoric mound monument situated on open moorland in Argyllshire, Scotland, approximately 551 metres west-north-west of Eorna Cottage. The cairn occupies ground underlain by pelitic bedrock of the Glenfinnan Group, rocks formed during the Neoproterozoic era when the ar…

Ceol na mara, cairn 550m ESE of
Scheduled monument · ~3.4 miles
Liddesdale,storehouse
Scheduled monument · ~3.6 miles
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Battles near Leac Na Saighde

Donald Dubh's Rebellion, 1545
1545
~8.2 miles away
Battle of Gisors
1198
~8.2 miles away
Battle of Blain
843
~8.8 miles away
Ardnamurchan, Gortenfern
~10.5 miles away
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