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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

Casualties and losses

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

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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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