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Inventory of Historic Battlefields in Scotland

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The Inventory of Historic Battlefields is a heritage register listing nationally significant battlefields in Scotland. The inventory was published for consultation in December 2010 by Historic Scotland, an agency of the Scottish Government,{{cite web |url=http://www.historic-scotland.gov.uk/index/news/news_article.htm?articleid=30301 |title=Celebrating Scotland's Battlefields |publisher=Historic Scotland |date=13 December 2010 |accessdate=2 May 2011|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304002022/http://www.historic-scotland.gov.uk/index/news/news_article.htm?articleid=30301|archivedate=4 March 2016}} and launched as the Inventory in May 2011.{{cite web|url=http://www.historic-scotland.gov.uk/news_search_results.htm/news_article.htm?articleid=38250|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150920232341/http://www.historic-scotland.gov.uk/news_search_results.htm/news_article.htm?articleid=38250|url-status=dead|archive-date=20 September 2015|title=Scotland's Battlefields Inventory completed|publisher=Historic Scotland|date=20 December 2012|via=web.archive.org}} Seventeen sites were included in the first phase of the inventory, with a number of other sites under consideration for inclusion at a later date.{{cite web |url=http://www.historic-scotland.gov.uk/index/heritage/battlefields/battlefieldsunderconsideration.htm |title=Inventory Battlefields |publisher=Historic Scotland |accessdate=3 May 2011|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20111122083232/http://www.historic-scotland.gov.uk/index/heritage/battlefields/battlefieldsunderconsideration.htm|archivedate=22 November 2011}} By the end of 2012 the inventory had expanded to 39 sites. The list is maintained by Historic Environment Scotland, the successor the Historic Scotland.{{cite web|url=https://pub-prod-sdk.azurewebsites.net/api/file/3081a082-0a6f-44e7-9646-a67b00f0eb05|format=PDF|page=3|title=Scotland's Inventory of Historic Battlefields 2016|publisher=Historic Environment Scotland|date=23 June 2016|accessdate=18 April 2019}} {{As of|2019}} there are 40 battlefields on the inventory, the most recent addition being the Battle of Sark which was listed in 2016.{{cite web|url=https://www.historicenvironment.scot/about-us/news/gretna-battlefield-becomes-40th-site-on-the-national-inventory/|title=Gretna Battlefield becomes 40th site on the National Inventory|publisher=Historic Environment Scotland|date=11 August 2016|accessdate=18 April 2019}}

The list of battlefields is intended to guide landowners, developers, local authorities and the Scottish Ministers in the future development of these areas to protect the historic significance and archaeological potential of these sites. The inventory entries summarise historic sources, archaeological evidence and finds, significance, and provide a map defining the extent of the battlefield. Selection criteria used for identifying nationally important sites were: historical association; physical remains and archaeological potential; cultural association; and landscape context.

Battlefields on the Inventory

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! style="background: #f2f2f2; color: #000080" height="17" width="5%" | ID

! style="background: #f2f2f2; color: #000080" height="17" width="12.5%" | Battle

! style="background: #f2f2f2; color: #000080" height="17" width="12.5%" | Date

! style="background: #f2f2f2; color: #000080" class="unsortable" height="17" width="12.5%" | Co-ordinates

! style="background: #f2f2f2; color: #000080" height="17" width="12.5%" | Council area

! style="background: #f2f2f2; color: #000080" height="17" width="20%" | Belligerents

! style="background: #f2f2f2; color: #000080" height="17" width="12.5%" | Campaign

! style="background: #f2f2f2; color: #000080" height="17" width="12.5%" | Outcome

data-sort-value="BTL01"|{{Historic Environment Scotland|num=BTL1|short=yes}}

| Battle of Alford

| {{dts|2 July 1645}}

| {{coord|57.238

2.723|display=inline|type:event_region:GB|name=Battle of Alford}}

| Aberdeenshire

| Scottish Royalists / Government troops

| Wars of the Three Kingdoms

| Royalist victory

data-sort-value="BTL02" |{{Historic Environment Scotland|num=BTL2|short=yes}}

| Battle of Ancrum Moor

| {{dts|27 February 1545}}

| {{coord|55.536

2.607|display=inline|type:event_region:GB|name=Battle of Ancrum Moor}}

| Borders

| Kingdom of Scotland / Kingdom of England

| Rough Wooing

| Scottish victory

data-sort-value="BTL03" |{{Historic Environment Scotland|num=BTL3|short=yes}}

| Battle of Auldearn

| {{dts|9 May 1645}}

| {{coord|57.571

3.813|display=inline|type:event_region:GB|name=Battle of Auldearn}}

| Highland

| Scottish Royalists / Government troops

| Wars of the Three Kingdoms

| Royalist victory

data-sort-value="BTL04" |{{Historic Environment Scotland|num=BTL4|short=yes}}

| Battle of Bannockburn

| {{dts|24 June 1314}}

| {{coord|56.092

3.915|display=inline|type:event_region:GB|name=Battle of Bannockburn}}

| Stirling

| Kingdom of Scotland / Kingdom of England

| Wars of Scottish Independence

| Scottish victory

data-sort-value="BTL05" |{{Historic Environment Scotland|num=BTL5|short=yes}}

| Battle of Bothwell Bridge

| {{dts|22 June 1679}}

| {{coord|55.795

4.057|display=inline|type:event_region:GB|name=Battle of Bothwell Bridge}}

| South Lanarkshire

| Covenanter army / Government troops

| Covenanter Rebellion of 1679

| Government victory

data-sort-value="BTL06" |{{Historic Environment Scotland|num=BTL6|short=yes}}

| Battle of Culloden

| {{dts|16 April 1746}}

| {{coord|57.478

4.097|display=inline|type:event_region:GB|name=Battle of Culloden}}

| Highland

| Jacobites / Government troops

| Jacobite rising of 1745

| Government victory

data-sort-value="BTL07" |{{Historic Environment Scotland|num=BTL7|short=yes}}

| Battle of Dunbar II

| {{dts|3 September 1650}}

| {{Coord|55.980

2.490|display=inline|type:event_region:GB|name=Battle of Dunbar II}}

| East Lothian

| Kingdom of Scotland / Commonwealth of England

| Wars of the Three Kingdoms

| English victory

data-sort-value="BTL08" |{{Historic Environment Scotland|num=BTL8|short=yes}}

| Battle of Dupplin Moor

| {{dts|11 August 1332}}

| {{coord|56.353

3.538|display=inline|type:event_region:GB|name=Battle of Dupplin Moor}}

| Perth & Kinross

| Loyalist Scots / Rebels supporting Edward Balliol, and English allies

| Second War of Scottish Independence

| Balliol victory

data-sort-value="BTL09" |{{Historic Environment Scotland|num=BTL9|short=yes}}

| Battle of Falkirk II

| {{dts|17 January 1746}}

| {{coord|55.987

3.814|display=inline|type:event_region:GB|name=Battle of Falkirk II}}

| Falkirk

| Jacobites / Government troops

| Jacobite rising of 1745

| Jacobite victory

{{Historic Environment Scotland|num=BTL10|short=yes}}

| Battle of Glen Shiel

| {{dts|10 June 1719}}

| {{coord|57.166

5.317|display=inline|type:event_region:GB|name=Battle of Glenshiel}}

| Highland

| Spanish troops and Jacobites / Government troops

| Jacobite rising of 1719

| Government victory

{{Historic Environment Scotland|num=BTL11|short=yes}}

| Battle of Harlaw

| {{dts|24 July 1411}}

| {{coord|57.308

2.411|display=inline|type:event_region:GB|name=Battle of Harlaw}}

| Aberdeenshire

| Lowland clans under Alexander Stewart, Earl of Mar / Allies of Donald of Islay, Lord of the Isles

| Feud between Clan MacDonald and Stewart royal family

| Inconclusive

{{Historic Environment Scotland|num=BTL12|short=yes}}

| Battle of Killiecrankie

| {{dts|27 July 1689}}

| {{coord|56.753

3.796|type:event_region:GB|display=inline|name=Battle of Killiecrankie}}

| Perth & Kinross

| Jacobites / Government troops

| Jacobite rising of 1689

| Jacobite victory

{{Historic Environment Scotland|num=BTL13|short=yes}}

| Battle of Kilsyth

| {{dts|15 August 1645}}

| {{coord|55.984

4.018|type:event_region:GB|display=inline|name=Battle of Kilsyth}}

| North Lanarkshire

| Scottish Royalists / Government troops

| Wars of the Three Kingdoms

| Royalist victory

{{Historic Environment Scotland|num=BTL14|short=yes}}

| Battle of Philiphaugh

| {{dts|13 September 1645}}

| {{coord|55.542

2.868|type:event_region:GB|display=inline|name=Battle of Philiphaugh}}

| Borders

| Scottish Royalists / Government troops

| Wars of the Three Kingdoms

| Government victory

{{Historic Environment Scotland|num=BTL15|short=yes}}

| Battle of Pinkie Cleugh

| {{dts|10 September 1547}}

| {{coord|55.933

3.023|region:GB-ELN_type:event|display=inline|name=Battle of Pinkie}}

| East Lothian

| Kingdom of Scotland / Kingdom of England

| Rough Wooing

| English victory

{{Historic Environment Scotland|num=BTL16|short=yes}}

| Battle of Prestonpans

| {{dts|21 September 1745}}

| {{coord|55.960

2.950|region:GB-ELN_type:event|display=inline|name=Battle of Prestonpans}}

| East Lothian

| Jacobites / Government troops

| Jacobite rising of 1745

| Jacobite victory

{{Historic Environment Scotland|num=BTL17|short=yes}}

| Battle of Sheriffmuir

| {{dts|13 November 1715}}

| {{coord|56.195

3.910|type:event_region:GB|display=inline|name=Battle of Sheriffmuir}}

| Stirling

| Jacobites / Government troops

| Jacobite rising of 1715

| Inconclusive

{{Historic Environment Scotland|num=BTL18|short=yes}}

| Battle of Barra

| {{dts|22 May 1308|format=dm}} and 23 May 1308

| {{coord|57.335

2.318|display=inline|type:event_region:GB|name=Battle of Barra}}

| Aberdeenshire

| Scottish Royal Army / Scottish opponents of Bruce under John Comyn, 3rd Earl of Buchan

| Wars of Scottish Independence

| Royalist victory

{{Historic Environment Scotland|num=BTL19|short=yes}}

| Battle of Carbisdale

| {{dts|27 April 1650}}

| {{coord|57.916

4.421|display=inline|type:event_region:GB|name=Battle of Carbisdale}}

| Highland

| Covenanter army / Scottish Royalists

| Wars of the Three Kingdoms

| Covenanter victory

{{Historic Environment Scotland|num=BTL20|short=yes}}

| Battle of Cromdale

| {{dts|30 April 1690|format=dm}} and 1 May 1690

| {{coord|57.195

3.292|type:event_region:GB|display=inline|name=Battle of Cromdale}}

| Highland

| Jacobites / Government troops

| Jacobite rising of 1689

| Government victory

{{Historic Environment Scotland|num=BTL21|short=yes}}

| Battle of Drumclog

| {{dts|1 June 1679}}

| {{Coord|55.631

4.184|display=inline|type:event_region:GB|name=Battle of Drumclog}}

| South Lanarkshire

| Covenanter army / Government troops

| Covenanter Rebellion of 1679

| Covenanter victory

{{Historic Environment Scotland|num=BTL22|short=yes}}

| Battle of Fyvie

| {{dts|28 October 1644}} - 30 October 1644

| {{coord|57.433

2.395|display=inline|type:event_region:GB|name=Battle of Fyvie}}

| Aberdeenshire

| Covenanter army / Scottish Royalists

| Wars of the Three Kingdoms

| Royalist victory

{{Historic Environment Scotland|num=BTL23|short=yes}}

| Battle of Inverkeithing II

| {{dts|20 July 1651}}

| {{Coord|56.025

3.413|display=inline|type:event_region:GB|name=Battle of Inverkeithing II}}

| Fife

| Kingdom of Scotland / Commonwealth of England

| Wars of the Three Kingdoms

| English victory

{{Historic Environment Scotland|num=BTL24|short=yes}}

| Battle of Inverlochy II

| {{dts|2 February 1645}}

| {{coord|56.832

5.075|display=inline|type:event_region:GB|name=Battle of Linlithgow Bridge}}

| Fife

|

| Wars of the Three Kingdoms

|

{{Historic Environment Scotland|num=BTL25|short=yes}}

| Battle of Linlithgow Bridge

| {{dts|4 September 1526}}

| {{coord|55.971

3.634|display=inline|type:event_region:GB|name=Battle of Linlithgow Bridge}}

| West Lothian

|

| Feud between Clan Douglas and Stewart royal family

|

{{Historic Environment Scotland|num=BTL26|short=yes}}

| Battle of Mulroy

| {{dts|4 August 1688}}

| {{coord|56.903

4.839|display=inline|type:event_region:GB|name=Battle of Mulroy}}

| Highland

|

| Feud between Clan Cameron and Clan Mackintosh

|

{{Historic Environment Scotland|num=BTL27|short=yes}}

| Battle of Rullion Green

| {{dts|28 November 1666}}

| {{coord|55.855

3.164|display=inline|type:event_region:GB|name=Battle of Rullion Green}}

| Midlothian

| Covenanter army / Scottish Royalists

| Scottish Covenanter Wars

| Royalist victory

{{Historic Environment Scotland|num=BTL28|short=yes}}

| Battle of Stirling Bridge

| {{dts|11 September 1297}}

| {{coord|56.131

3.932|display=inline|type:event_region:GB|name=Battle of Stirling Bridge}}

| Stirling

| Kingdom of Scotland / Kingdom of England

| Wars of Scottish Independence

| Scottish victory

{{Historic Environment Scotland|num=BTL29|short=yes}}

| Blar na Léine

| {{dts|15 July 1544}}

| {{coord|57.030

4.819|display=inline|type:event_region:GB|name=Blar na Léine}}

| Highland

| Clan Fraser and Clan Grant / Clan MacDonald and Clan Cameron

| Scottish clan wars

| MacDonald / Cameron victory

{{Historic Environment Scotland|num=BTL31|short=yes}}

| Battle of Dunbar I

| {{dts|27 April 1296}}

| {{coord|55.97692

2.52119|type:event_region:GB|display=inline|name=Battle of Dunbar I}}

| East Lothian

| Kingdom of Scotland / Kingdom of England

| Wars of Scottish Independence

| English victory

{{Historic Environment Scotland|num=BTL32|short=yes}}

| Battle of Dunkeld

| {{dts|21 August 1689}}

| {{coord|56.565

3.585|type:event_region:GB|display=inline|name=Battle of Dunkeld}}

| Perth & Kinross

| Jacobites / Government troops

| Jacobite rising of 1689

| Government victory

{{Historic Environment Scotland|num=BTL36|short=yes}}

| Battle of Loudoun Hill

| {{dts|10 May 1307}}

| {{coord|55.609

4.210|display=inline|type:event_region:GB|name=Battle of Loudoun Hill}}

| Ayrshire

| Kingdom of Scotland / Kingdom of England

| Wars of Scottish Independence

| Scottish victory

{{Historic Environment Scotland|num=BTL37|short=yes}}

| Battle of Roslin

| {{dts|24 February 1303}}

| {{coord|55.855

3.164|display=inline|type:event_region:GB|name=Battle of Roslin}}

| Midlothian

| Kingdom of Scotland / Kingdom of England

| Wars of Scottish Independence

| Scottish victory

See also

References

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External links

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  • [http://data.historic-scotland.gov.uk/pls/htmldb/f?p=2500:10:2483086745867730:::2962920105954766 Inventory of Historic Battlefields], Historic Scotland
  • [http://www.historic-scotland.gov.uk/index/heritage/battlefields.htm Looking after our heritage » Battlefields], Historic Scotland
  • [http://www.historic-scotland.gov.uk/index/about/consultations/battlefieldconsultation.htm Battlefield Consultation], Historic Scotland

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