Battles in Aberdeenshire
10 battles fought in Aberdeenshire (Scotland), in date order. Every battle is on the map; click one for its official boundary (where there is one), date and history.
What battles were fought in Aberdeenshire?
This site maps 10 battles in Aberdeenshire, from the Battle of Fyvie to the Battle of Inverurie (1745).
How many battlefields in Aberdeenshire are officially listed?
4 of them are on the Inventory of Historic Battlefields (Historic Environment Scotland): Battle of Fyvie, Battle of Barra, Battle of Harlaw, Battle of Alford. Their official boundaries are drawn on each battlefield page.
The war with the most battles here is the Wars of Scottish Independence (3).
All battles in Aberdeenshire
- Battle of Fyvie · officially listed battlefield
- Battle of Lumphanan 1057anglo-saxon
- Battle of Slioch 1307Wars of Scottish Independence
- Battle of Barra 1308Wars of Scottish Independence · officially listed battlefield
- Battle of Culblean 1335Wars of Scottish Independence
- Battle of Harlaw 1411Macdonald uprising · officially listed battlefield
- Battle of Corrichie 1562tudor
- Battle of Alford 1645Wars of the Three Kingdoms · officially listed battlefield
- Battle of Tullich 1652Glencairn's rising
- Battle of Inverurie 1745Jacobite rising of 1745
Counties: ceremonial counties in England (Yorkshire as the whole historic county), council areas in Scotland, principal areas in Wales and counties in Ireland, assigned from each battle’s map position using Natural Earth boundaries (public domain). Battles near a border may fall on the other side.