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Achadh Deireadh Catha

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

History & Significance

Achadh Deireadh Catha 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 Achadh Deireadh Catha lies on Unnamed Extrusive Rocks, Silurian To Devonian, bedrock that formed in the Devonian. The rock here is mafic lava and mafic tuff.

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Civil War
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Geology
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Scheduled Monuments near Achadh Deireadh Catha

Duachy,standing stones 300m WSW of
Duachy,standing stones 300m WSW of
Scheduled monument · Bronze Age · ~2.3 mi

Duachy is a Bronze Age standing stone monument located in Argyllshire, Scotland, situated approximately 300 metres west-southwest of the settlement it takes its name from. The stone stands upon bedrock of the Argyll Group, a Neoproterozoic formation comprising psammite, semipelite and pelite—meta…

Kilmore Church
Kilmore Church
Scheduled monument · ~3.7 mi

Kilmore Church is a medieval ecclesiastical structure located in Argyllshire, Scotland, with origins likely dating to the medieval period. The church represents a significant example of early Christian settlement and religious practice in the region, though detailed documentary evidence of its pr…

Dalnacabaig,cairn 260m W of
Dalnacabaig,cairn 260m W of
Scheduled monument · ~4.4 mi

Dalnacabaig is a cairn located in Argyllshire, Scotland, situated 260 metres west of a reference point now lost to modern usage. The monument stands on bedrock composed of Silurian to Devonian extrusive rocks, formed during the Devonian period as mafic lava and mafic tuff. This ancient volcanic g…

Clach na Carraig,standing stone & cairn 450m S of Strontoiller
Clach na Carraig,standing stone & cairn 450m S of Strontoiller
Scheduled monument · Bronze Age · ~6.2 mi

Clach na Carraig is a Bronze Age standing stone and cairn located 450 metres south of Strontoiller in Argyllshire, Scotland. The monument stands on bedrock of Silurian to Devonian age, comprising unnamed extrusive rocks of mafic composition—ancient lava flows and tuffs formed during the Devonian…

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Strontoiller,stone circle 280m SSW of
Strontoiller,stone circle 280m SSW of
Scheduled monument · Bronze Age · ~6.2 mi

Strontoiller is a Bronze Age stone circle located in Argyllshire, Scotland, situated 280 metres south-south-west of the settlement from which it takes its name. The monument stands upon bedrock of mafic lava and tuff formed during the Devonian period, part of the Silurian to Devonian extrusive vo…

Easdale, slate quarries and associated workings
Easdale, slate quarries and associated workings
Scheduled monument · ~6.7 mi

Easdale slate quarries and associated workings is a slate quarry complex in Argyllshire, Scotland, protected as a scheduled monument by Historic Environment Scotland. The site exploits the Argyll Group bedrock, a sequence of psammite, semipelite and pelite metamorphic rocks formed during the Neop…

Kilninver,St Beans Church & burial ground
Scheduled monument · Medieval · ~0.5 miles
Dunan Buiaig, cairn, Kilninver
Scheduled monument · ~0.6 miles
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Battles near Achadh Deireadh Catha

Sabhal Nan Cnaimh, Lagganmore
~1.7 miles away
Battle of Lagganmore
1646
~1.7 miles away
Oban, Mckelvie Hospital, Glenshellach
~4.2 miles away
Ath Dearg
~6.3 miles away
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