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Skye, Bloody Stone, Harta Corrie

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

History & Significance

Skye, Bloody Stone, Harta Corrie 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 Skye, Bloody Stone, Harta Corrie lies on Unnamed Igneous Intrusion, Palaeogene, bedrock that formed in the Paleogene. The rock here is pyroclastic-rock.

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Monuments
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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
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Legal
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Protected heritage nearby

Scheduled Monuments near Skye, Bloody Stone, Harta Corrie

Cnocan nan Cobhar,chambered cairn,Kilmarie
Cnocan nan Cobhar,chambered cairn,Kilmarie
Scheduled monument · Neolithic · ~5.6 mi

Cnocan nan Cobhar is a Neolithic chambered cairn located in Kilmarie, Inverness-shire. The monument sits upon bedrock of Middle Jurassic rocks, comprising mudstone, sandstone and limestone formed during the Middle Jurassic period. This underlying geology has shaped the landscape in which the cair…

Dun Ringill,dun 800m E of Cille Mhaire
Dun Ringill,dun 800m E of Cille Mhaire
Scheduled monument · Iron Age · ~6.1 mi

Dun Ringill is an Iron Age dun situated approximately 800 metres east of Cille Mhaire in Inverness-shire, Scotland. The site represents a form of defensible settlement characteristic of the Iron Age in the Scottish Highlands, constructed as a stone-built fortified enclosure. Its architectural for…

Dun Liath,broch,Elgol
Dun Liath,broch,Elgol
Scheduled monument · Iron Age · ~6.7 mi

Dun Liath is a broch situated at Elgol in Inverness-shire, Scotland. This Iron Age stone tower represents a distinctive form of settlement architecture found in the Scottish Highlands and Islands, dating to the period between roughly 100 BC and AD 100. The broch's construction would have exploite…

Loch Eynort,St Maelrubha's Church,chapel and burial ground
Loch Eynort,St Maelrubha's Church,chapel and burial ground
Scheduled monument · Medieval · ~7.1 mi

St Maelrubha's Church, chapel and burial ground at Loch Eynort is a medieval ecclesiastical site located in Inverness-shire, Scotland. The monument comprises a church, chapel and associated burial ground dedicated to St Maelrubha, the seventh-century Irish monk who founded an important monastery…

Loch na h-Airde canal, harbour and noosts, Rubha an Dunain, Isle of Skye
Loch na h-Airde canal, harbour and noosts, Rubha an Dunain, Isle of Skye
Scheduled monument · Iron Age · ~7.4 mi

Loch na h-Airde canal, harbour and noosts, Rubha an Dunain, Isle of Skye is an Iron Age harbour complex situated on the north-western peninsula of Skye. The site comprises a canal, anchorage and beached boat-houses, known locally as noosts, which represent a sophisticated maritime settlement. The…

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Rubh an Dunain,dun on S side of Soay Sound
Rubh an Dunain,dun on S side of Soay Sound
Scheduled monument · Iron Age · ~7.4 mi

Rubh an Dunain is an Iron Age dun situated on the southern shore of Soay Sound in Inverness-shire. The monument occupies a rocky promontory whose bedrock consists of Palaeogene extrusive rocks—the mafic lavas and tuffs that form the characteristic geology of this region. Duns of this period typic…

Clach Oscar, shielings W of
Scheduled monument · ~4.2 miles
Creag a' Chapaill Cave, Rubha an Dunain, Isle of Skye
Scheduled monument · Iron Age · ~7.2 miles
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Battles near Skye, Bloody Stone, Harta Corrie

Battle of Coire Na Creiche
1601
~3.4 miles away
Skye, Coire Na Creiche
~3.7 miles away
Battle of the Spoiling Dyke
1578
~4.4 miles away
Battle of Bloody Strand 1480
1480
~5 miles away
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