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Sabhal Nan Cnaimh, Lagganmore

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

History & Significance

Sabhal Nan Cnaimh, Lagganmore 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 Sabhal Nan Cnaimh, Lagganmore lies on Unnamed Extrusive Rocks, Silurian To Devonian, bedrock that formed in the Devonian. The rock here is mafic lava and mafic tuff.

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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
The bedrock beneath the site, its age and rock type, reaching back hundreds of millions of years.
Local Names
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Historical Maps
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Protected heritage nearby

Scheduled Monuments near Sabhal Nan Cnaimh, Lagganmore

Barochreal,cairn 200m W of
Barochreal,cairn 200m W of
Scheduled monument · ~1 mi

Barochreal is a cairn located in Argyllshire, Scotland, positioned some 200 metres west of Barochreal itself. The monument lies upon bedrock of Silurian to Devonian extrusive rocks, formed during the Devonian period as mafic lava and mafic tuff. This ancient volcanic geology underpins the landsca…

Dunan Buiaig, cairn, Kilninver
Dunan Buiaig, cairn, Kilninver
Scheduled monument · ~2 mi

Dunan Buiaig is a cairn located in Kilninver, Argyllshire, in the west of Scotland. The monument stands upon bedrock of mafic lava and tuff dating to the Devonian period, geological formations that create the characteristically rugged terrain of this coastal region. The site is protected as a sch…

Loch Seil,crannog
Loch Seil,crannog
Scheduled monument · Iron Age–Medieval · ~2.8 mi

Loch Seil crannog is an Iron Age to medieval settlement constructed within the shallow waters of Loch Seil in Argyllshire. This artificial island dwelling represents a building tradition that flourished in Scotland from the Iron Age through to medieval times, offering a rare continuity of occupat…

Barrnacarry,millstone quarry NNE of
Barrnacarry,millstone quarry NNE of
Scheduled monument · ~2.8 mi

Barrnacarry millstone quarry is a worked extraction site in Argyllshire, Scotland, where millstones were quarried from the local bedrock during the medieval and early modern periods. The quarry exploits Silurian to Devonian extrusive rocks, specifically mafic lavas and tuffs formed in the Devonia…

Duachy,standing stones 300m WSW of
Duachy,standing stones 300m WSW of
Scheduled monument · Bronze Age · ~3 mi

Duachy is a Bronze Age standing stone monument located in Argyllshire, Scotland, situated approximately 300 metres west-southwest of the settlement it takes its name from. The stone stands upon bedrock of the Argyll Group, a Neoproterozoic formation comprising psammite, semipelite and pelite—meta…

Losgann Larnach,fort
Losgann Larnach,fort
Scheduled monument · Iron Age · ~3.2 mi

Losgann Larnach is a Iron Age fort situated in Argyllshire, Scotland. The fort occupies a naturally defensive position on Lower Old Red Sandstone bedrock, comprising conglomerate, sandstone, siltstone and mudstone deposited during the Early Devonian period. This geological foundation would have o…

Lagganbeg, cairn 465m ENE of Kickshaws
Scheduled monument · ~1 miles
Raera Castle
Scheduled monument · ~1.1 miles
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Battles near Sabhal Nan Cnaimh, Lagganmore

Battle of Lagganmore
1646
~0 miles away
Achadh Deireadh Catha
~1.7 miles away
Ath Dearg
~4.9 miles away
An T-Sreang
~5.4 miles away
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