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Inverness, Dalcross Airfield, Battle H.Q.

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

History & Significance

Inverness, Dalcross Airfield, Battle H.Q. 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 Inverness, Dalcross Airfield, Battle H.Q. 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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Geology
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Protected heritage nearby

Scheduled Monuments near Inverness, Dalcross Airfield, Battle H.Q.

Allanfearn,barrows 300m WNW of
Allanfearn,barrows 300m WNW of
Scheduled monument · ~4 mi

Allanfearn Barrows is a Bronze Age burial monument located 300 metres west-north-west of Allanfearn in Inverness-shire, Scotland. The site comprises a group of burial mounds constructed during the second millennium before Christ, when such barrows served as communal or individual graves for the d…

Culloden Battlefield, Graves of the Clans, Cairn and Well of the Dead
Culloden Battlefield, Graves of the Clans, Cairn and Well of the Dead
Scheduled monument · ~4.2 mi

Culloden Battlefield, Graves of the Clans, Cairn and Well of the Dead is a scheduled monument in Inverness-shire, Scotland, protected by Historic Environment Scotland under reference SM967. The site comprises three interconnected memorial features that mark the graves and gathering places associa…

Julian Paren / CC BY-SA 2.0 / Wikimedia Commons
Kebbuck Stone, Cross Slab
Kebbuck Stone, Cross Slab
Scheduled monument · ~4.5 mi

Kebbuck Stone, Cross Slab is a carved stone monument of Early Christian date located in Nairnshire, on the northern plains of Scotland. The slab belongs to a distinctive tradition of cross-marked stones found throughout the Pictish heartland, typically dating to the Early Medieval period. Such mo…

Braveheart / CC BY-SA 4.0 / Wikimedia Commons
Culdoich, ring cairn 490m NW of
Culdoich, ring cairn 490m NW of
Scheduled monument · Bronze Age · ~4.7 mi

Culdoich Ring Cairn is a Bronze Age ring cairn situated in Inverness-shire, Highland Scotland. The monument occupies ground underlain by Middle Old Red Sandstone bedrock of Middle Devonian age, composed of conglomerate, sandstone, siltstone and mudstone. This substantial stone structure represent…

Craigiehowe Wood,enclosed cremation cemetery
Craigiehowe Wood,enclosed cremation cemetery
Scheduled monument · ~5.4 mi

Craigiehowe Wood enclosed cremation cemetery is a Bronze Age funerary monument located in Ross-shire, northern Scotland. The cemetery comprises an enclosed space designed to contain the cremated remains of multiple individuals, a practice characteristic of Bronze Age communities in the Scottish H…

Ord Hill,fort
Ord Hill,fort
Scheduled monument · Iron Age · ~6.5 mi

Ord Hill is an Iron Age fort located in Ross-shire, northern Scotland. The fort sits upon bedrock of Middle Old Red Sandstone, a conglomerate and sandstone formation dating to the Middle Devonian period. This underlying geology of mixed conglomeratic and fine sedimentary rocks would have presente…

Douglas Nelson / CC BY-SA 2.0 / Wikimedia Commons
Kerrowaird, barrows 270m NE of
Scheduled monument · ~0.9 miles
Dalcross Church
Scheduled monument · ~1.8 miles
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Battles near Inverness, Dalcross Airfield, Battle H.Q.

Battle of Culloden
1746
~4.1 miles away
Siege of Culloden House (1745)
1745
~4.1 miles away
Culloden Moor, Battlefield
1746
~4.2 miles away
Inverness, Longman Airfield
~6.7 miles away
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