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North Mains of Barra

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

History & Significance

North Mains of Barra 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 North Mains of Barra lies on Unnamed Igneous Intrusion, Ordovician To Silurian, bedrock that formed in the Silurian. The rock here is mafic igneous-rock.

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Scheduled Monuments near North Mains of Barra

Hill of Barra, fort
Hill of Barra, fort
Scheduled monument · Iron Age · ~0.7 mi

Hill of Barra is an Iron Age fort situated in Aberdeenshire, Scotland. The fort occupies a naturally defensive position on bedrock formed from an Ordovician to Silurian igneous intrusion of ultramafic composition, which provides a solid geological foundation characteristic of this region. The sit…

Jim Benvie / CC BY-SA 2.0 / Wikimedia Commons
Kirkton of Bourtie, stone circle 250m WNW of
Kirkton of Bourtie, stone circle 250m WNW of
Scheduled monument · Bronze Age · ~1.2 mi

Kirkton of Bourtie is a Bronze Age stone circle situated in Aberdeenshire, Scotland, approximately 250 metres west-north-west of Kirkton of Bourtie itself. The monument comprises a ring of standing stones typical of the Bronze Age ceremonial and ritual monuments that characterise this period in n…

Brandsbutt Stone, symbol stone
Brandsbutt Stone, symbol stone
Scheduled monument · ~3.5 mi

Brandsbutt Stone is a Pictish symbol stone of the early medieval period, dating to approximately the 6th to 8th centuries AD. The monument stands in Aberdeenshire and bears carved symbols characteristic of Pictish art, including Class I symbol stones that display non-figurative designs incised in…

Otter / CC BY-SA 3.0 / Wikimedia Commons
Mains of Balquhain,stone circle 715m NE of
Mains of Balquhain,stone circle 715m NE of
Scheduled monument · Bronze Age · ~4.2 mi

Mains of Balquhain is a Bronze Age stone circle situated in Aberdeenshire, Scotland, approximately 715 metres northeast of the settlement of Balquhain. The monument comprises a ring of standing stones typical of the Bronze Age ceremonial and ritual landscapes that characterise northeast Scotland.…

Balquhain Castle
Balquhain Castle
Scheduled monument · ~4.5 mi

Balquhain Castle is a sixteenth-century tower house located in Aberdeenshire, in the northeast of Scotland. The castle represents the characteristic defensive architecture of the Scottish baronial period, comprising a rectangular stone tower with walls of substantial thickness typical of fortifie…

Broomend, henge, avenue, symbol stone and square barrow, 160m NE, 70m E, 160m SSE and 255m SSE of Broom Lodge
Broomend, henge, avenue, symbol stone and square barrow, 160m NE, 70m E, 160m SSE and 255m SSE of Broom Lodge
Scheduled monument · Bronze Age · ~4.8 mi

Broomend is a Bronze Age ceremonial complex in Aberdeenshire comprising a henge, avenue, symbol stone and square barrow distributed across the landscape near Broom Lodge. The monuments sit upon bedrock of the Argyll Group, ancient psammite, semipelite and pelite formations dating to the Neoproter…

Andrew Wood / CC BY-SA 2.0 / Wikimedia Commons
Hillhead of Barra, standing stone 240m W of
Scheduled monument · Bronze Age · ~1.2 miles
Four Braehead Cottages, standing stone 195m SE of
Scheduled monument · Bronze Age · ~1.4 miles
In the same landscape

Battles near North Mains of Barra

Battle of Barra
~0.5 miles away
Battle of Old Meldrum
1307
~0.8 miles away
Battle of Inverurie (1308)
1308
~0.8 miles away
Hillhead
~2.6 miles away
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