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Torvaine

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

History & Significance

Torvaine 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 Torvaine lies on Middle Old Red Sandstone (Undifferentiated), bedrock that formed in the Middle Devonian. The rock here is conglomerate, sandstone, siltstone and mudstone.

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Roman Britain
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Stat Accounts
The parish Statistical Accounts of the 1790s and 1830s, describing life, work and population here.
Civil War
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Geology
The bedrock beneath the site, its age and rock type, reaching back hundreds of millions of years.
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Historical Maps
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Scheduled Monuments near Torvaine

Caledonian Canal,Dochgarroch Lock - Muirtown Locks
Caledonian Canal,Dochgarroch Lock - Muirtown Locks
Scheduled monument · ~0.8 mi

Dochgarroch Lock to Muirtown Locks is a section of the Caledonian Canal in Inverness-shire, Scotland. This waterway forms part of Thomas Telford's ambitious early nineteenth-century scheme to connect the east and west coasts of Scotland via the Great Glen. The canal's route follows the geological…

Holme Mains, motte 210m SE of
Holme Mains, motte 210m SE of
Scheduled monument · Medieval · ~0.9 mi

Holme Mains is a medieval motte situated in Inverness-shire, Scotland, approximately 210 metres south-east of the settlement from which it takes its name. The monument represents a characteristic form of feudal fortification established during the medieval period, when such earthworks served as t…

Lower Slackbuie, unenclosed settlement 90m E of 1 West Heather Road
Lower Slackbuie, unenclosed settlement 90m E of 1 West Heather Road
Scheduled monument · ~1.2 mi

Lower Slackbuie is an unenclosed settlement located 90 metres east of 1 West Heather Road in Inverness-shire, Scotland. The site occupies ground underlain by Middle Old Red Sandstone bedrock of Middle Devonian age, a mixed sequence of conglomerate, sandstone, siltstone and mudstone that would hav…

Prehistoric settlement, north and west of Culduthel Mains Circle
Prehistoric settlement, north and west of Culduthel Mains Circle
Scheduled monument · ~1.3 mi

Prehistoric settlement north and west of Culduthel Mains Circle is a settlement site situated in Inverness-shire, Scotland, positioned north and west of the Bronze Age stone circle that gives it its locational identity. The site rests upon bedrock of Middle Old Red Sandstone, formed during the Mi…

Leachkin, chambered cairn
Leachkin, chambered cairn
Scheduled monument · Neolithic · ~1.6 mi

Leachkin is a Neolithic chambered cairn located in Inverness-shire in the Scottish Highlands. Built during the Neolithic period, roughly between 4000 and 3000 BC, the monument represents a significant investment in communal labour and reflects the ritual practices of early farming communities. Ch…

Caledonian Canal,Clachnaharry Sea Lock to Muirtown Quay
Caledonian Canal,Clachnaharry Sea Lock to Muirtown Quay
Scheduled monument · ~1.7 mi

Clachnaharry Sea Lock to Muirtown Quay is a section of the Caledonian Canal that forms the navigable link between Inverness and the Moray Firth on the north-east coast of Scotland. This stretch encompasses the tidal sea lock at Clachnaharry and the inland basin at Muirtown, two essential componen…

Torvean,motte 270m N of Torvean Croft
Scheduled monument · Medieval · ~0.7 miles
Craig Phadrig,fort
Scheduled monument · Iron Age · ~1.4 miles
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Battles near Torvaine

Siege of Inverness
1429
~1.3 miles away
Siege of Inverness (1746)
1746
~1.3 miles away
Siege of Inverness (1562)
1562
~1.3 miles away
Siege of Inverness (1649)
1649
~1.3 miles away
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