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Murraytown

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

History & Significance

Murraytown 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 Murraytown 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
The parish Statistical Accounts of the 1790s and 1830s, describing life, work and population here.
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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Historical Maps
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Scheduled Monuments near Murraytown

Achany,chambered cairn 250m NE of
Achany,chambered cairn 250m NE of
Scheduled monument · Neolithic · ~2.2 mi

Achany is a Neolithic chambered cairn situated 250 metres north-east of the settlement of Achany in Sutherland, in the far north of Scotland. The monument stands on bedrock composed of psammite from the Morar Group, a metamorphic rock formation dating to the Neoproterozoic era. This ancient geolo…

Invershin Farm,standing stone 220m ENE of
Invershin Farm,standing stone 220m ENE of
Scheduled monument · Bronze Age · ~2.5 mi

Invershin Farm standing stone is a Bronze Age monument located in Sutherland, in the far north of Scotland. The stone stands approximately 220 metres east-north-east of Invershin Farm, occupying ground underlain by Morar Group psammite, a metamorphic sandstone formed during the Neoproterozoic era…

Achany, cairn 890m NW of
Achany, cairn 890m NW of
Scheduled monument · ~2.6 mi

Achany cairn is a Bronze Age funerary monument situated on moorland in Sutherland, in the far north of Scotland. The cairn lies approximately 890 metres north-west of Achany, positioned on bedrock formed from an unnamed felsic igneous intrusion of Early Devonian age. This ancient igneous foundati…

Krasnay / CC BY-SA 4.0 / Wikimedia Commons
The Ord, chambered cairns, cairns, settlements and field systems
The Ord, chambered cairns, cairns, settlements and field systems
Scheduled monument · Neolithic · ~3.8 mi

The Ord is a Neolithic chambered cairn complex in Sutherland, Scotland, protected as a scheduled monument by Historic Environment Scotland. The site comprises multiple stone cairns set within an archaeological landscape that includes associated settlements and field systems, reflecting sustained…

Krasnay / CC BY-SA 4.0 / Wikimedia Commons
Sallachy, broch 425m NNE of Fruchan Cottage
Sallachy, broch 425m NNE of Fruchan Cottage
Scheduled monument · Iron Age · ~6.5 mi

Sallachy is a broch situated 425 metres north-north-east of Fruchan Cottage in Sutherland, in the far north of Scotland. Built during the Iron Age, this circular stone tower represents one of Scotland's most distinctive prehistoric architectural forms, concentrated in the Highlands and Islands. T…

Brae Cottage, two hut circles 120m and 200m ESE of
Brae Cottage, two hut circles 120m and 200m ESE of
Scheduled monument · ~6.5 mi

Brae Cottage is a Bronze Age settlement consisting of two hut circles situated on moorland in Sutherland, northern Scotland. The structures lie approximately 120 metres and 200 metres to the east-south-east of Brae Cottage itself. The site is built upon psammite bedrock of the Morar Group, metamo…

Achinduich, stone circle 950m NNE of
Scheduled monument · Bronze Age · ~1.1 miles
Achinduich,hut circle 900m S of,Lairg
Scheduled monument · ~1.3 miles
In the same landscape

Battles near Murraytown

Battle of Carbisdale
1650
~3.8 miles away
Carbisdale Farm
~3.9 miles away
Conflict of Gruids
~3.9 miles away
Druim Liath
~4.5 miles away
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