Battle of Auldearn 1645
%27_-_cropped.jpg){kind=link}
Outline: officially registered battlefield boundary. Recorded location from Wikidata; battle sites are often approximate.
Key facts
| Date | 9 May 1645 | Wikidata |
|---|---|---|
| Year | 1645 | Wikidata P585 (point in time) |
| Era | Early modern (1500–1799) | derived from year |
| Location | Scotland | Natural Earth (modern borders) |
| Continent | Europe | Natural Earth |
| War / conflict | Wars of the Three Kingdoms | Wikidata P361 |
| Coordinates | 57.5764, -3.8119 | Wikidata P625 |
| Official record | HES Inventory BTL3 | OGL v3 |
| Registered area | 314.3 ha | OGL v3 |
About the battle
The Battle of Auldearn was an engagement of the Wars of the Three Kingdoms. It took place on 9 May 1645, in and around the village of Auldearn in Nairnshire. It resulted in a victory for the royalists, led by the Marquess of Montrose and Alasdair MacColla, over Sir John Urry and an army raised by the Covenanter-dominated Scottish government.
The pibroch Blár Allt Earrann commemorates the battle. The battlefield has been included in the Inventory of Historic Battlefields in Scotland and is protected by Historic Scotland under the Historic Environment (Amendment) Act 2011.
Text adapted from the Wikipedia article Battle of Auldearn (revision 1370107186), licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. Changes: excerpted from the article lead section; formatting and citations removed. No text added.
Battlefield boundary: contains Historic Environment Scotland and OS data © Historic Environment Scotland and Crown Copyright and database right 2026, licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. See also this battlefield on Battlefields of Britain.
Nearby battles
- Battle of Culloden 1746 · 20 km
- Siege of Culloden House (1745) 1745 · 22 km
- Siege of Inverness (1650) 1650 · 27 km
- Siege of Inverness (1689) 1689 · 27 km
- Siege of Inverness (1649) 1649 · 27 km
- Siege of Inverness (1715) 1715 · 27 km
Other battles of the Wars of the Three Kingdoms
- Battle of Aberdeen (1644) 1644
- Battle of Tippermuir 1644
- Battle of Alford 1645
- Battle of Annan Moor 1645
- Battle of Inverlochy (1645) 1645
- Battle of Kilsyth 1645
- Battle of Philiphaugh 1645
- Battle of Aberdeen (1646) 1646
- Battle of Lagganmore 1646
- Battle of Rhunahaorine Moss 1647
All 20 battles of the Wars of the Three Kingdoms →
Browse more: battles in Scotland · Europe · Early modern battles