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Tain Airfield, Balnagall Cottages

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

History & Significance

Tain Airfield, Balnagall Cottages 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 Tain Airfield, Balnagall Cottages lies on Upper Old Red Sandstone, bedrock that formed in the Late Devonian. The rock here is conglomerate, sandstone, siltstone and mudstone.

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Roman Britain
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Scheduled Monuments near Tain Airfield, Balnagall Cottages

Cadboll Castle
Cadboll Castle
Scheduled monument · ~3.3 mi

Cadboll Castle is a ruined stronghold located in Easter Ross, near the village of Cadboll in the Black Isle peninsula of Easter Ross, Cromartyshire. The castle dates from the medieval period and appears to have been constructed during the later medieval era, though precise dating remains uncertai…

Hilton of Cadboll, chapel and site of cross slab 90m NNW of Parkside
Hilton of Cadboll, chapel and site of cross slab 90m NNW of Parkside
Scheduled monument · Medieval · ~3.4 mi

Hilton of Cadboll is a medieval chapel and the findspot of a notable cross slab located in Cromartyshire, approximately 90 metres north-north-west of Parkside. The site lies upon Upper Jurassic bedrock, a sequence of mudstone, siltstone and sandstone formed during the Late Jurassic period, which…

Easter Rarichie,fort and dun 600m S of
Easter Rarichie,fort and dun 600m S of
Scheduled monument · Iron Age · ~4.6 mi

Easter Rarichie is a fort and dun situated in Ross-shire in the Scottish Highlands, located approximately 600 metres south of the settlement from which it takes its name. The monument dates to the Iron Age, when such fortified settlements served as defended residences and territorial strongholds…

Earl's Cross, carved stone, Dornoch
Earl's Cross, carved stone, Dornoch
Scheduled monument · ~6.2 mi

Earl's Cross is a carved stone monument located in Dornoch, Sutherland, in the far north of Scotland. The cross stands on bedrock of Upper Old Red Sandstone, a geological formation dating to the Late Devonian period, comprising conglomerate, sandstone, siltstone and mudstone layers. This resilien…

John Haslam / CC BY 2.0 / Wikimedia Commons
Drumdivan,standing stone 400m SW of
Drumdivan,standing stone 400m SW of
Scheduled monument · Bronze Age · ~6.5 mi

Drumdivan is a Bronze Age standing stone located in Sutherland in the Scottish Highlands. The monument comprises a single upright stone situated approximately 400 metres south-west of the settlement whose name it bears. Standing stones of this type were commonly erected across northern Scotland d…

Camore Wood, settlement
Camore Wood, settlement
Scheduled monument · ~6.6 mi

Camore Wood settlement is a settlement site located in Sutherland, Scotland, protected as a scheduled monument by Historic Environment Scotland. The site sits upon bedrock of Middle Old Red Sandstone, laid down during the Middle Devonian period when this region was part of a vast continental depo…

Newton Chapel
Scheduled monument · ~0.7 miles
RAF Tain, tracked target range 185m NW of
Scheduled monument · ~1.6 miles
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Battles near Tain Airfield, Balnagall Cottages

Fearn Airfield, Battle Hq
~3 miles away
Battle of Tarbat
1486
~5.7 miles away
Battle of Dornoch
1746
~5.9 miles away
Scotsburn
~7.8 miles away
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