Battle of Inverurie (1308)

Battle Of Inverurie (1308)

Coordinates: 57°20′06″N 2°19′05″W / 57.335°N 2.318°W / 57.335; -2.318

Battle of Inverurie
Part of Wars of Scottish Independence
Date May 23, 1308
Location Oldmeldrum, Aberdeenshire, Scotland
Result victory for Robert Bruce
Belligerents
Scottish Royal Army Scottish opponents of Bruce
Commanders and leaders
Robert Bruce John Comyn, 3rd Earl of Buchan
Strength
Unknown Unknown
Casualties and losses
Unknown Unknown
First War of
Scottish Independence
  • First Berwick
  • Dunbar
  • Lanark
  • Stirling Bridge
  • Falkirk
  • Roslin
  • Happrew
  • Stirling Castle
  • Methven
  • Dalrigh
  • Turnberry
  • Loch Ryan
  • Glen Trool
  • Loudoun Hill
  • Slioch
  • Inverurie
  • Buchan
  • Pass of Brander
  • Bannockburn
  • Moiry Pass
  • Connor
  • Kells
  • Skerries
  • Skaithmuir
  • Second Berwick
  • Faughart
  • Myton
  • Arbroath Declaration
  • Old Byland
  • Corbeil Treaty
  • Stanhope Park
  • Edinburgh-Northampton Treaty
Scottish Independence Wars
  • First
  • Second
  • Third

The Battle of Inverurie, also known as the Battle of Barra, was fought in May 1308 in the north-east of Scotland. Though part of the wider Wars of Scottish Independence it is more properly viewed as an episode in a brief but bitter civil war. The battle was a victory for the Scottish King Robert Bruce over his chief domestic enemy, John Comyn, 3rd Earl of Buchan. It was followed by the Harrying of Buchan, a violent act of destruction, at least equal to, if not greater than, some of the excesses practiced elsewhere by the English. The battlefield is currently under research to be inventoried and protected by Historic Scotland under the Scottish Historical Environment Policy of 2009.

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