What is recorded here
Battle of Corrichie is shown as a battlefield on the public map of Aberdeenshire. The saved point is the map point or the centre of its mapped shape.
Covenanters led by General George Gordon defeated Royalist forces under the Earl of Montrose on 15 April 1645. The victory ended Montrose's successful campaign in Scotland and marked a turning point in the Covenanters' control over the country during the Wars of the Three Kingdoms.
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Places near here
CorrichieBattle Site (16th Century), Commemorative Monument (mid 20th Century) · 132 yd
Brown HillMountain / peak · 921 yd
BlackydudsMountain / peak · 1112 yd
CraigrathMound (period Unassigned) · 1323 yd
CraigshannochHouse (period Unassigned) · 1.4 mi
Midmar ForestForest · 1.5 mi
Hill of FareShieling Hut (post Medieval)(possible) · 1.5 mi
Cluny Crichton CastleTower House (17th Century) · 1.8 mi
Bohill WoodForest · 2.2 mi
Battle of Corrichiebattle · 2.3 mi
Battle of Corrichie MonumentMonument · 2.3 mi
Echt War MemorialMemorial · 3.3 mi