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Ardnamurchan, Bourblaige

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

History & Significance

Ardnamurchan, Bourblaige 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 Ardnamurchan, Bourblaige lies on Morar Group, bedrock that formed in the Neoproterozoic. The rock here is psammite.

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Roman Britain
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Stat Accounts
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Civil War
The Civil War fighting, garrisons and recorded militaria in this area, woven into the arc of 1642 to 1651.
Geology
The bedrock beneath the site, its age and rock type, reaching back hundreds of millions of years.
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Protected heritage nearby

Scheduled Monuments near Ardnamurchan, Bourblaige

Bourblaige,settlement
Bourblaige,settlement
Scheduled monument · ~0.1 mi

Bourblaige is a settlement situated in Argyllshire, Scotland, protected as a scheduled monument by Historic Environment Scotland under reference SM6178. The site lies upon bedrock of the Morar Group, a Neoproterozoic formation of psammite that shapes the underlying geology of this part of western…

Sgeir Fhada,fort 100m NNW of
Sgeir Fhada,fort 100m NNW of
Scheduled monument · Iron Age · ~0.7 mi

Sgeir Fhada is an Iron Age fort situated in Argyllshire, Scotland, positioned approximately 100 metres north-north-west of a larger fortified site. The monument occupies a landscape underlain by Proterozoic III quartzite, a hard metamorphic bedrock formed during the Neoproterozoic era over 600 mi…

C Michael Hogan / CC BY-SA 2.0 / Wikimedia Commons
Auliston, depopulated settlement
Auliston, depopulated settlement
Scheduled monument · ~3.2 mi

Auliston is a depopulated settlement located in Argyllshire, Scotland, situated on bedrock composed of Palaeogene extrusive rocks—mafic lava and tuff formed during volcanic activity in the early Tertiary period. The underlying geology has shaped both the landscape and the settlement's character,…

Greadal Fhinn,chambered cairn
Greadal Fhinn,chambered cairn
Scheduled monument · Neolithic · ~4.4 mi

Greadal Fhinn is a neolithic chambered cairn situated in Argyllshire, Scotland. Built during the Neolithic period, this monument represents a significant example of megalithic burial architecture, constructed to serve as a communal sepulchral chamber for multiple inhumations. The site rests upon…

Branault,standing stones 120m NW of
Branault,standing stones 120m NW of
Scheduled monument · Bronze Age · ~4.6 mi

Branault is a Bronze Age standing stone monument located in Argyllshire, Scotland, situated 120 metres north-west of the settlement. The stone rises from bedrock composed of Palaeogene extrusive rocks—mafic lava and mafic tuff—which form the underlying geology of this Highland landscape. This vol…

Carnliath, chambered cairn 650m SE of Rahoy
Carnliath, chambered cairn 650m SE of Rahoy
Scheduled monument · Neolithic · ~7.3 mi

Carnliath is a Neolithic chambered cairn situated 650 metres south-east of Rahoy in Argyllshire, Scotland. The monument lies on Proterozoic III quartzite bedrock, formed during the Neoproterozoic period, with surrounding metamorphic rocks including mica schist and migmatite. This hard, weather-re…

Tornamoine, depopulated settlement NW of Camas nan Geall
Scheduled monument · ~0.6 miles
Cladh Chiarain, burial ground and standing stone, Camas nan Geall
Scheduled monument · Bronze Age · ~0.9 miles
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Battles near Ardnamurchan, Bourblaige

Ardnamurchan raid 1644
1644
~2.7 miles away
Ardnamurchan, Creag an Airgid
~5.2 miles away
Blar Na Fola, Mull
~5.9 miles away
Ardnamurchan, Gortenfern
~6.2 miles away
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