Battle of Cromdale 1690
Outline: officially registered battlefield boundary. Recorded location from Wikidata; battle sites are often approximate.
Key facts
| Date | 30 April 1690 – 1 May 1690 | Wikidata |
|---|---|---|
| Year | 1690 | Wikidata P580 (start time) |
| Era | Early modern (1500–1799) | derived from year |
| Location | Scotland | Natural Earth (modern borders) |
| Continent | Europe | Natural Earth |
| War / conflict | Jacobite risings | Wikidata P361 |
| Coordinates | 57.3317, -3.4892 | Wikidata P625 |
| Official record | HES Inventory BTL20 | OGL v3 |
| Registered area | 653.8 ha | OGL v3 |
About the battle
The Battle of Cromdale took place at the Haughs of Cromdale on 30 April and 1 May 1690. The site is on a hillside near the village of Cromdale, Strathspey, historically within the county of Inverness-shire. The battlefield has been included in the Inventory of Historic Battlefields in Scotland and protected by Historic Scotland under the Scottish Historical Environment Policy of 2009.
Text adapted from the Wikipedia article Battle of Cromdale (revision 1370109355), 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.
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