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Skye, Goir a' Bhlair, Broadford

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

History & Significance

Skye, Goir a' Bhlair, Broadford 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, Goir a' Bhlair, Broadford lies on Durness Group, bedrock that formed in the Whiterock. The rock here is dolostone.

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Roman Britain
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Geology
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Protected heritage nearby

Scheduled Monuments near Skye, Goir a' Bhlair, Broadford

Broadford Bay, chambered cairn 35m NE of Eirigh na Greine
Broadford Bay, chambered cairn 35m NE of Eirigh na Greine
Scheduled monument · Neolithic · ~1.1 mi

Broadford Bay is a Neolithic chambered cairn situated on the Isle of Skye in Inverness-shire, Scotland. The monument lies 35 metres north-east of Eirigh na Greine, positioned on bedrock of the Lias Group formed during the Aalenian period, comprising mudstone, siltstone, limestone and sandstone. T…

Dun Ringill,dun 800m E of Cille Mhaire
Dun Ringill,dun 800m E of Cille Mhaire
Scheduled monument · Iron Age · ~5.5 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…

Cnocan nan Cobhar,chambered cairn,Kilmarie
Cnocan nan Cobhar,chambered cairn,Kilmarie
Scheduled monument · Neolithic · ~5.8 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 Scaich,castle,Tokavaig
Dun Scaich,castle,Tokavaig
Scheduled monument · Medieval · ~7.2 mi

Dun Scaich is a medieval castle located at Tokavaig in Inverness-shire, Scotland. The site comprises the remains of a fortified structure, characteristic of the medieval period's defensive architecture in the Scottish Highlands. The castle occupies a strategic location within the landscape of the…

Dun Liath,broch,Elgol
Dun Liath,broch,Elgol
Scheduled monument · Iron Age · ~7.5 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…

Caisteal Maol (Castle Moyle), Kyleakin, Skye
Caisteal Maol (Castle Moyle), Kyleakin, Skye
Scheduled monument · ~8.5 mi

Caisteal Maol is a ruined medieval castle occupying a prominent headland at Kyleakin on the Isle of Skye in Inverness-shire. The castle comprises the remains of a stone curtain wall and fragmentary structures dating to the medieval period, though the precise chronology of construction and occupat…

Old Corry, cairns 820m NE of, Isle of Skye.
Scheduled monument · ~0.4 miles
Cill Chriosd,church and burial ground
Scheduled monument · Medieval · ~1.7 miles
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