When did Tom Phobiull take place?

Tom Phobiull took place in an uncertain year, Scotland.

Who won Tom Phobiull?

The victor at Tom Phobiull is disputed or unrecorded in the surviving sources.

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Tom Phobiull

Scotland

Era

Unknown Era

Battle Type

Pitched Battle

Location

Scotland

Status

Unregistered

The Battle

History & Significance

Tom Phobiull 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 Tom Phobiull lies on Argyll Group, bedrock that formed in the Neoproterozoic. The rock here is psammite, semipelite and pelite.

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Roman Britain

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Stat Accounts

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Civil War

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Geology

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Protected heritage nearby

Scheduled Monuments near Tom Phobiull

Comrie Castle

Scheduled monument · ~3.5 mi

Comrie Castle is a medieval fortified structure located in Perthshire, Scotland, dating to the late medieval period. The castle served as a significant stronghold within the region and reflects the architectural and defensive conventions of its era. The surviving remains evidence the construction…

David Prentice Menzies / CC BY-SA 4.0 / Wikimedia Commons

Creag a'Ghinbhais,fort 500m NNE of Balnacraig

Scheduled monument · Iron Age · ~4 mi

Creag a'Ghinbhais is a Iron Age fort situated 500 metres north-north-east of Balnacraig in Perthshire, Scotland. The monument occupies a defensible position on bedrock of the Southern Highland Group, metamorphic rocks of Middle Cambrian age comprising psammite and pelite formations that would hav…

Balnacraig,cairn 370m NNW of

Scheduled monument · ~4.2 mi

Balnacraig cairn is a stone burial monument situated in Perthshire, in the Southern Highlands of Scotland. The cairn stands 370 metres north-north-west of Balnacraig, occupying ground underlain by Middle Cambrian psammite and pelite bedrock of the Southern Highland Group. This ancient metamorphic…

Balhomais stone circle and barrow, 20m NNW of junction at B846 and Balhomais Farm entrance

Scheduled monument · ~4.4 mi

Balhomais stone circle and barrow is a Bronze Age ceremonial monument located in Perthshire, Scotland, situated approximately 20 metres north-north-west of the junction between the B846 road and the entrance to Balhomais Farm. The site comprises two distinct elements: a stone circle and an associ…

Croftmoraig,stone circle

Scheduled monument · Bronze Age · ~4.5 mi

Croftmoraig is a Bronze Age stone circle located in Perthshire, Scotland. The monument comprises a roughly circular arrangement of standing stones typical of ritual monuments erected during the second millennium BC. The circle sits upon bedrock formed from the Southern Highland Group, a sequence…

Home Farm, unenclosed settlement 200m NNE of

Scheduled monument · ~4.8 mi

Home Farm is a unenclosed settlement located 200 metres north-north-east of the farm itself in Perthshire, Scotland. The site lies upon bedrock of the Southern Highland Group, a formation of psammite and pelite laid down during the Middle Cambrian period. This geology of metamorphic sandstone and…

Camserney Burn, shielings 900m S of Sliabh Fada

Scheduled monument · ~2.4 miles

Tom Chaiseil, homestead

Scheduled monument · ~2.7 miles

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Sources

Tom Phobiull · Canmore

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