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Torran Dubhach

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

History & Significance

Torran Dubhach 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 Torran Dubhach lies on Unnamed Igneous Intrusion, Late Silurian To Early Devonian, bedrock that formed in the Early Devonian. The rock here is felsic-rock.

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Scheduled Monuments near Torran Dubhach

Achnagarron,two standing stones NE of
Achnagarron,two standing stones NE of
Scheduled monument · Bronze Age · ~1.7 mi

Achnagarron is a Bronze Age monument comprising two standing stones located in Sutherland, in the far north of Scotland. The stones stand on bedrock formed from Morar Group psammite, a metamorphic sandstone laid down during the Neoproterozoic era and now exposed across much of the northern Highla…

Achnagarron, settlement 380m WNW of Glenelg
Achnagarron, settlement 380m WNW of Glenelg
Scheduled monument · ~1.9 mi

Achnagarron is a settlement located 380 metres west-north-west of Glenelg in Sutherland, in the Scottish Highlands. The site lies upon bedrock of the Morar Group, a Neoproterozoic psammite formation that underlies much of this part of the northern mainland. The underlying geology would have provi…

Blairmore,hut circles & field system 590m NE of
Blairmore,hut circles & field system 590m NE of
Scheduled monument · Post-Medieval · ~2.4 mi

Blairmore hut circles and field system is a post-medieval settlement occupying moorland 590 metres north-east of Blairmore in Sutherland, Highland Scotland. The site comprises clusters of circular stone-built dwellings with associated cultivation terraces and field boundaries, typical of Highland…

East Kinnauld School,broch NE of
East Kinnauld School,broch NE of
Scheduled monument · Iron Age · ~2.6 mi

East Kinnauld School broch is an Iron Age stone tower situated in Sutherland in the Scottish Highlands. The monument stands on bedrock formed from Morar Group psammite, a hard metamorphic sandstone created during the Neoproterozoic era. This locally available stone would have provided the builder…

Brae,broch,Strath Carnaig W of Mound Junction
Brae,broch,Strath Carnaig W of Mound Junction
Scheduled monument · Iron Age · ~2.9 mi

Brae broch is an Iron Age stone tower situated in Strath Carnaig, west of Mound Junction in Sutherland, northern Scotland. Brochs are distinctive circular defensive structures characteristic of northern Britain, typically dating from the Iron Age. This example stands on bedrock of the Morar Group…

Brae Cottage, two hut circles 120m and 200m ESE of
Brae Cottage, two hut circles 120m and 200m ESE of
Scheduled monument · ~3.1 mi

Brae Cottage is a Bronze Age settlement consisting of two hut circles situated on moorland in Sutherland, northern Scotland. The structures lie approximately 120 metres and 200 metres to the east-south-east of Brae Cottage itself. The site is built upon psammite bedrock of the Morar Group, metamo…

Lettie's Grave, square cairns
Scheduled monument · ~1.4 miles
East Kinnauld,fort 1000m NE of Eiden
Scheduled monument · Iron Age · ~2.5 miles
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Battles near Torran Dubhach

Battle of Torran Dubh
1517
~0.3 miles away
Loch Salachaidh
~3.2 miles away
Battle of Alltan-Beath
1542
~3.3 miles away
Knocarthur
~3.3 miles away
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