When did Skye, Glendale take place?

Skye, Glendale took place in an uncertain year, Scotland.

Who won Skye, Glendale?

The victor at Skye, Glendale is disputed or unrecorded in the surviving sources.

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Unknown Era

Skye, Glendale

Scotland

Era

Unknown Era

Battle Type

Pitched Battle

Location

Scotland

Status

Unregistered

The Battle

History & Significance

Skye, Glendale 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, Glendale lies on Unnamed Extrusive Rocks, Palaeogene, bedrock that formed in the Paleogene. The rock here is mafic lava and mafic tuff.

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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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Scheduled Monuments near Skye, Glendale

St Comgan's Chapel, tombstone, Glendale

Scheduled monument · ~0.5 mi

St Comgan's Chapel, tombstone, Glendale is a burial marker preserved within the landscape of Inverness-shire in the Scottish Highlands. The monument stands on bedrock of Palaeogene extrusive rocks, comprising ancient mafic lavas and tuffs laid down during the volcanic activity that shaped this re…

Dun Fiadhairt,broch

Scheduled monument · Iron Age · ~3.3 mi

Dun Fiadhairt is a broch located in Inverness-shire, Scotland, dating to the Iron Age. The monument represents one of the distinctive circular stone tower structures characteristic of northern Scotland during the first centuries BC and AD. Like other brochs of its period, it would have functioned…

Dun Osdale,broch 850m N of Osdale

Scheduled monument · Iron Age · ~4.1 mi

Dun Osdale is a broch situated 850 metres north of Osdale in Inverness-shire, Scotland. This Iron Age stone tower represents one of Scotland's most distinctive prehistoric monuments, a form unique to the far north and west of the country. The broch would have served as a defended residence, its h…

St Mary's Church and Burial Ground, Dunvegan

Scheduled monument · Iron Age · ~4.7 mi

St Mary's Church and Burial Ground, Dunvegan is a complex archaeological site in Inverness-shire that combines Iron Age settlement remains with later ecclesiastical and burial use. The monument sits upon bedrock of Palaeogene extrusive rocks—mafic lava and tuff formed during the volcanic activity…

Annait,monastic settlement on W bank of Bay River

Scheduled monument · ~6.2 mi

Annait is a monastic settlement on the western bank of the Bay River in Inverness-shire, Scotland. The site occupies ground underlain by Palaeogene extrusive rocks, mafic lavas and tuffs that form part of the ancient volcanic geology of the Scottish Highlands. This geological foundation, exposed…

Barpannan,two chambered cairns,Vatten Duirinish

Scheduled monument · Neolithic · ~7.9 mi

Barpannan is a Neolithic two-chambered cairn located in Vatten, Duirinish, Inverness-shire. The monument sits upon bedrock of Palaeogene extrusive rocks—ancient mafic lava and tuff deposits that underlie this rugged Highland landscape. These volcanic foundations, formed during the Palaeogene peri…

Abhainn Bhaile Mheadhonaich, broch and standing stone 145m SE of An Cairidh

Scheduled monument · Bronze Age · ~8.9 miles

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Skye, Glendale · Canmore

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