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Mcfadyen's Stone

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

History & Significance

Mcfadyen's Stone 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 Mcfadyen's Stone lies on Unnamed Extrusive Rocks, Silurian To Devonian, bedrock that formed in the Devonian. The rock here is felsic lava and felsic tuff.

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Roman Britain
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Stat Accounts
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Geology
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Scheduled Monuments near Mcfadyen's Stone

Bonawe, Iron Furnace
Bonawe, Iron Furnace
Scheduled monument · ~2.5 mi

Bonawe Iron Furnace is a charcoal-fuelled iron smelting works located in Argyllshire, Scotland, established in the mid-eighteenth century as part of the expanding British iron industry. The furnace was constructed around 1753 by English ironmasters to exploit the local abundance of charcoal from…

Dun Mor, motte 380m WNW of Balure Cottage
Dun Mor, motte 380m WNW of Balure Cottage
Scheduled monument · Medieval · ~2.9 mi

Dun Mor is a medieval motte situated 380 metres west-north-west of Balure Cottage in Argyllshire, Scotland. The earthwork rises from bedrock of Cambrian granite, part of the Silurian granite group that underlies much of the surrounding landscape. Motts of this type, typically dating from the 12th…

Ardanaiseig,crannog 300m NE of
Ardanaiseig,crannog 300m NE of
Scheduled monument · Iron Age–Medieval · ~4 mi

Ardanaiseig crannog is an Iron Age to medieval settlement site located 300 metres north-east of Ardanaiseig in Argyllshire, Scotland. Crannogs were artificial or semi-artificial islands constructed in lochs and shallow water, serving as defensive homesteads that exploited Scotland's abundant fres…

Loch Awe,Ceann Mara,crannog 150m SW of
Loch Awe,Ceann Mara,crannog 150m SW of
Scheduled monument · Iron Age–Medieval · ~4.3 mi

Loch Awe, Ceann Mara, crannog is an Iron Age to medieval settlement located on Loch Awe in Argyllshire, Scotland. The monument comprises the remains of a ceann mara, a crannog or artificial island dwelling situated approximately 150 metres south-west of the loch shore. These structures, construct…

Duntanachan,cairn SW of
Duntanachan,cairn SW of
Scheduled monument · ~4.7 mi

Duntanachan is a cairn located in Argyllshire, south-west Scotland. The monument stands on bedrock composed of Silurian to Devonian extrusive rocks, specifically mafic lava and mafic tuff formed during the Devonian period. This dark volcanic geology forms the natural foundation of the site and re…

Fraoch Eilean,castle
Fraoch Eilean,castle
Scheduled monument · Medieval · ~4.7 mi

Fraoch Eilean is a medieval castle situated in Argyllshire, Scotland, occupying an island position that provided natural defensive advantages. The castle stands upon bedrock of the Argyll Group, metamorphic rocks formed during the Neoproterozoic era, comprising psammite, semipelite and pelite dep…

Tom an Iasgaire, fort
Scheduled monument · Iron Age · ~0.4 miles
Dun Mhuirageul,dun SE of Taynuilt
Scheduled monument · Iron Age · ~1.9 miles
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Battles near Mcfadyen's Stone

Battle of the Pass of Brander
1308
~0.2 miles away
Fanans
~0.3 miles away
Battle of Red Ford, 1294
1294
~7.4 miles away
An T-Sreang
~9.8 miles away
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