Battle of Inverurie (1308)

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Battle of Inverurie
Part of Wars of Scottish Independence
Date23 May 1308
Location
Result Royalist Victory
Belligerents
Scottish Royal Army Scottish Rebels
Commanders and leaders
Robert the Bruce John Comyn, 3rd Earl of Buchan
David, Lord of Brechin
Strength
Unknown Unknown
Casualties and losses
Unknown Unknown
Official nameBattle of Barra
Designated30 November 2011
Reference no.BTL18

The Battle of Inverurie, also known as the Battle of Barra, was fought in the north-east of Scotland and was a victory for the Scottish king Robert Bruce over his chief domestic enemy, John Comyn, 3rd Earl of Buchan. Though part of the wider Wars of Scottish Independence, it is more properly viewed as an episode in a brief but bitter civil war. It was followed by the Harrying of Buchan, a violent act of destruction of property long remembered with bitterness in Buchan. The battle was fought in May 1308 according to Fordun. However, Barbour states clearly that it was fought at Christmas of 1307. Many current historians accept Fordun's date, but Barron and some others believe that Bower misinterpreted Fordun's notes.[1] The battlefield was added to the Inventory of Historic Battlefields in Scotland in 2011.[2]

  1. ^ Barron, Evan Macleod (1914). The Scottish War of Independence. p. 310.
  2. ^ Historic Environment Scotland. "Battle of Barra (BTL18)". Retrieved 5 March 2019.