When did Leac Na Saighde take place?

Leac Na Saighde took place in an uncertain year, Scotland.

Who won Leac Na Saighde?

The victor at Leac Na Saighde is disputed or unrecorded in the surviving sources.

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Unknown Era

Leac Na Saighde

Scotland

Era

Unknown Era

Battle Type

Pitched Battle

Location

Scotland

Status

Unregistered

The Battle

History & Significance

Leac Na Saighde 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 Leac Na Saighde lies on Glenfinnan Group, bedrock that formed in the Neoproterozoic. The rock here is psammite.

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Monuments

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Battlefields

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Roman Britain

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Stat Accounts

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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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Protected heritage nearby

Scheduled Monuments near Leac Na Saighde

Lurga, lead mines, Gleann Dubh

Scheduled monument · ~0.6 mi

Lurga lead mines in Gleann Dubh is a historic industrial site in Argyllshire, Scotland, where lead ore was extracted from the underlying Glenfinnan Group psammite bedrock. This metamorphic geology, formed during the Neoproterozoic era, provided the mineral-bearing strata that attracted mining act…

Acharn, cairns 350m WNW of

Scheduled monument · ~4.1 mi

Acharn is a cairns site located in Argyllshire, Scotland, approximately 350 metres west-north-west of Acharn itself. The monument comprises prehistoric stone heaps built upon bedrock formed from Glenfinnan Group pelite, a metamorphosed sedimentary rock of Neoproterozoic age that underlies much of…

Carnliath, chambered cairn 650m SE of Rahoy

Scheduled monument · Neolithic · ~5.4 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…

Loch Tearnait,crannog

Scheduled monument · Iron Age–Medieval · ~5.8 mi

Loch Tearnait crannog is a fortified lakeside dwelling situated in Argyllshire, Scotland, which exhibits evidence of occupation spanning from the Iron Age through the Medieval period. The site comprises the submerged or partially submerged remains of a timber-built platform structure, characteris…

Beinn Bhan, standing stone 980m WNW of summit

Scheduled monument · Bronze Age · ~6.3 mi

Beinn Bhan is a Bronze Age standing stone located 980 metres west-north-west of the summit of Beinn Bhan in Argyllshire, Scotland. The monument stands on bedrock composed of Palaeogene extrusive rocks, primarily mafic lava and mafic tuff that formed during intense volcanic activity in the Paleoge…

Eilean Fhianain, St Finnan's church and stone crosses

Scheduled monument · Medieval · ~7.5 mi

Eilean Fhianain is a medieval ecclesiastical site comprising the remains of St Finnan's church and associated stone crosses, situated in Inverness-shire. The monument occupies an island location, a setting typical of early Christian and medieval religious establishments in the Scottish Highlands,…

Ceol na mara, cairn 550m ESE of

Scheduled monument · ~3.4 miles

Liddesdale,storehouse

Scheduled monument · ~3.6 miles

In the same landscape

Battles near Leac Na Saighde

Donald Dubh's Rebellion, 1545

Ardnamurchan, Gortenfern

~10.5 miles away

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Sources

Leac Na Saighde · Canmore

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