Battle of Auldearn

Battle of Auldearn
Part of Scottish Civil War
Date9 May 1645
Location
Auldearn, east of Nairn
grid reference NH 916 554[1]
57°34′35″N 3°48′43″W / 57.57639°N 3.81194°W / 57.57639; -3.81194
Result Royalist/Irish Victory
Belligerents
Royalists
Irish Brigade
Covenanters
Commanders and leaders
Lord Montrose
Alexander MacDonald
Manus O'Cahan
Sir John Urry
Earl of Seaforth
Strength
1,300 foot
250 cavalry
3,600 foot
300 cavalry
Casualties and losses
Light 1,500
Designated21 March 2011
Reference no.BTL3
Auldearn is located in Scotland
Auldearn
Auldearn
Location within Scotland

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.[2]