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Skye, Trumpan

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

History & Significance

Skye, Trumpan 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, Trumpan 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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Roman Britain
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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.
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Scheduled Monuments near Skye, Trumpan

Dun Borrafiach, broch, Waternish
Dun Borrafiach, broch, Waternish
Scheduled monument · Iron Age · ~1 mi

Dun Borrafiach is a broch situated on the Isle of Skye in Waternish, Inverness-shire, Scotland. The monument dates to the Iron Age and represents one of the distinctive fortified roundhouses characteristic of northern Scotland during this period. The broch exhibits the typical architectural form…

Trumpan Church, burial ground and 'Priest's Stone', Hallin
Trumpan Church, burial ground and 'Priest's Stone', Hallin
Scheduled monument · ~1.1 mi

Trumpan Church, burial ground and Priest's Stone at Hallin in Inverness-shire is a medieval ecclesiastical site comprising the remains of a small church, associated burial ground, and a carved stone monument. The church structure dates to the medieval period and served as a place of worship for t…

Dun Gearymore, broch, buildings and rig & furrow, Skye
Dun Gearymore, broch, buildings and rig & furrow, Skye
Scheduled monument · Iron Age · ~1.7 mi

Dun Gearymore is a broch situated in Inverness-shire on the Isle of Skye, built upon bedrock of Palaeogene extrusive rocks—ancient mafic lavas and tuffs that form the underlying geology of this part of the island. Brochs are distinctive Iron Age fortified structures unique to Scotland, typically…

Dun Hallin,broch,Hallin
Dun Hallin,broch,Hallin
Scheduled monument · Iron Age · ~2.1 mi

Dun Hallin is a broch situated on the Isle of Skye in Inverness-shire, Scotland, dating to the Iron Age. The structure represents the characteristic architectural form of Atlantic roundhouses, with a circular defensive tower constructed of dry stone masonry typical of broch construction in the Sc…

Unish House,house,outbuildings and steading
Unish House,house,outbuildings and steading
Scheduled monument · ~2.3 mi

Unish House is a house, outbuildings and steading located in Inverness-shire, Scotland. The monument comprises a residential dwelling alongside associated farm buildings and a working steading, representing a traditional rural settlement pattern common to the Highlands. The complex survives as ev…

Annait,monastic settlement on W bank of Bay River
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…

Kilbride Point,church,burial ground and post medieval settlement
Scheduled monument · Medieval · ~8.6 miles
Dun Liath,dun
Scheduled monument · Iron Age · ~8.9 miles
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Battles near Skye, Trumpan

Ambush of Geary
1776
~1.5 miles away
Battle of Glendale (Skye)
1490
~8.7 miles away
Battle of Glendale
1490
~8.7 miles away
Skye, Glendale
~9 miles away
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