List of battles involving the Kingdom of Scotland

This is a chronological list of the battles involving the Kingdom of Scotland.

The list gives the name, the date, the present-day location of the battles, the Scottish allies and enemies, and the result of these conflicts following this legend:

  Scottish military victory
  Scottish military defeat
  Indecisive or unclear outcome

Early battles (875–1275)

BattleDateLocationAlliesEnemiesResult
Battle of Dollar875Stirlingshire, ScotlandNone DenmarkDefeat
Battle of Brunanburh937UncertainKingdom of Dublin
Kingdom of Strathclyde
Kingdom of EnglandDefeat
Battle of Bauds962Banffshire, ScotlandNoneNorsemenVictory
Battle of Barry1010Angus, ScotlandNone DenmarkVictory
Battle of Carham1016 or 1018Northumberland, EnglandKingdom of StrathclydeKingdom of EnglandVictory
Battle of Alnwick13 November 1093Northumberland, EnglandNoneKingdom of EnglandDefeat
Battle of Clitheroe10 June 1138Lancashire, EnglandNone Kingdom of EnglandVictory
Battle of the Standard22 August 1138Yorkshire, EnglandNone Kingdom of EnglandDefeat
Battle of Renfrew1164near Renfrew, ScotlandNoneKingdom of the IslesVictory
Battle of Alnwick13 July 1174Northumberland, EnglandNone Kingdom of EnglandDefeat
Battle of Enbo 1259 Dornock, Scotland None Denmark Victory
Battle of Largs2 October 1263Ayrshire, ScotlandNone Kingdom of NorwayVictory

| Battle of Ronaldsway || 8 October 1275 || Isle of Man || None || Manx rebels || style="background:#AFA"|Victory |}

First War of Scottish Independence (1296–1327)

BattleDateLocationAlliesEnemiesResult
Capture of Berwick30 March 1296Berwickshire, ScotlandNone Kingdom of EnglandDefeat
Battle of Dunbar27 April 1296Dunbar, ScotlandNone Kingdom of EnglandDefeat
Raid of Scone1297Perthshire, ScotlandNone Kingdom of EnglandVictory
Battle of Stirling Bridge11 September 1297Stirling, ScotlandNone Kingdom of EnglandVictory
Battle of Falkirk22 July 1298Falkirk, ScotlandNone Kingdom of EnglandDefeat
Battle of Roslin24 February 1303Midlothian, ScotlandNone Kingdom of EnglandVictory
Action at HapprewFebruary 1304Peebles, ScotlandNone Kingdom of EnglandDefeat
Siege of Stirling CastleApril–July 1304Stirling, ScotlandNone Kingdom of EnglandDefeat
Battle of Methven19 June 1306Perthshire, ScotlandNone Kingdom of EnglandDefeat
Battle of TurnberryFebruary 1307Ayrshire, ScotlandNone Kingdom of EnglandVictory
Battle of Loch Ryan9–10 February 1307Dumfries and Galloway, ScotlandNone Kingdom of EnglandVictory
Battle of Glen TroolMarch 1307Dumfries and Galloway, ScotlandNone Kingdom of EnglandVictory
Battle of Loudoun Hill10 May 1307Ayrshire, ScotlandNone Kingdom of EnglandVictory
Siege of Roxburgh Castle1314Roxburghshire, ScotlandNone Kingdom of EnglandVictory
Siege of Edinburgh Castle1314Edinburgh, ScotlandNone Kingdom of EnglandVictory
Battle of Bannockburn23–24 June 1314Stirlingshire, ScotlandNone Kingdom of EnglandVictory
Battle of Moiry PassSeptember 1315County Armagh, Northern IrelandIrish allies Lordship of IrelandVictory
Battle of ConnorSeptember 1315County Antrim, Northern IrelandIrish allies Lordship of IrelandVictory
Siege of Carlisle1315Carlisle, EnglandNone Kingdom of EnglandDefeat
Battle of KellsNovember 1315County Meath, IrelandIrish allies Lordship of IrelandVictory
Battle of Skerries26 January 1316County Kildare, IrelandIrish allies Lordship of IrelandVictory
Battle of SkaithmuirFebruary 1316Berwickshire, ScotlandNone Kingdom of EnglandVictory
Capture of BerwickApril 1318Berwickshire, ScotlandNone Kingdom of EnglandVictory
Battle of Faughart14 October 1318County Louth, IrelandIrish allies Lordship of IrelandDefeat
Battle of Myton20 September 1319Yorkshire, EnglandNone Kingdom of EnglandVictory
Battle of Old Byland14 October 1322Yorkshire, EnglandNone Kingdom of EnglandVictory
Battle of Stanhope Park3–4 August 1327County Durham, EnglandNone Kingdom of EnglandVictory

Second War of Scottish Independence (1332–1357)

BattleDateLocationAlliesEnemiesResult
Battle of Wester Kinghorn6 August 1332Fife, ScotlandNoneEdward Balliol and the DisinheritedDefeat
Battle of Dupplin Moor10–11 August 1332Perthshire, ScotlandNoneEdward Balliol and the DisinheritedDefeat
Battle of Annan16 December 1332Dumfries and Galloway, ScotlandNoneEdward Balliol and the DisinheritedVictory
Battle of Dornock25 March 1333Dumfries and Galloway, ScotlandNone Kingdom of EnglandDefeat
Battle of Halidon Hill19 July 1333Berwickshire, ScotlandNone Kingdom of EnglandDefeat
Battle of Boroughmuir30 July 1335Edinburgh, ScotlandNone Kingdom of EnglandVictory
Battle of Culblean30 November 1335Aberdeenshire, ScotlandNonethe Disinherited and supporters of Edward BalliolVictory
Battle of Neville's Cross17 October 1346County Durham, EnglandNone Kingdom of EnglandDefeat
Battle of Nesbit MoorAugust 1355Berwickshire, ScotlandNone Kingdom of EnglandVictory

Border Wars

BattleDateLocationAlliesEnemiesResult
Battle of Duns1372Berwickshire, ScotlandNone Kingdom of EnglandVictory
Battle of Otterburn5/19 August 1388Northumberland, EnglandNone Kingdom of EnglandVictory
Battle of Nesbit Moor22 June 1402Berwickshire, ScotlandNone Kingdom of EnglandDefeat
Battle of Humbleton Hill14 September 1402Northumberland, EnglandNone Kingdom of EnglandDefeat
Battle of Yeavering22 July 1415Northumberland, EnglandNone Kingdom of EnglandDefeat

Hundred Years' War (1337-1453)

BattleDateLocationAlliesEnemiesResult
Battle of Baugé21 March 1421France Kingdom of France Kingdom of EnglandVictory
Battle of Cravant31 July 1423France Kingdom of France
Duchy of Brittany
Kingdom of England
Duchy of Burgundy
Defeat
Battle of Verneuil17 August 1424France Kingdom of France Kingdom of England
Duchy of Burgundy
Defeat
Siege of Orléans12 October 1428 – 8 May 1429France Kingdom of France Kingdom of EnglandVictory
Battle of the Herrings12 February 1429France Kingdom of France Kingdom of EnglandDefeat

Anglo-Scottish wars

BattleDateLocationAlliesEnemiesResult
Battle of Piperdean10 September 1436Berwickshire, ScotlandNone Kingdom of EnglandVictory
Battle of Sark23 October 1448Dumfries and Galloway, ScotlandNone Kingdom of EnglandVictory
Capture of Roxburgh1460Roxburghshire, ScotlandNone Kingdom of EnglandVictory
Capture of BerwickJuly and August 1482Berwickshire, ScotlandNone Kingdom of EnglandDefeat
Battle of Lochmaben Fair22 July 1484Dumfries and Galloway, ScotlandNoneScottish rebels, with support from the Kingdom of EnglandVictory
Battle of Flodden9 September 1513Northumberland, EnglandPart of the War of the League of Cambrai Kingdom of EnglandDefeat
Battle of Haddon Rig24 August 1542Teviotdale, ScotlandNone Kingdom of EnglandVictory
Battle of Solway Moss24 November 1542Cumbria, EnglandNone Kingdom of EnglandDefeat

Nine Years' War (Sometimes called The Rough Wooing)

BattleDateLocationAlliesEnemiesResult
Burning of Edinburgh7 May 1544Edinburgh, ScotlandNone Kingdom of EnglandDefeat
Battle of Ancrum Moor27 February 1545Roxburghshire, ScotlandNone Kingdom of EnglandVictory
Battle of Pinkie Cleugh10 September 1547Musselburgh, ScotlandNone Kingdom of EnglandDefeat
Sieges of Haddington1548-1549Haddington, Scotland Kingdom of France Kingdom of EnglandVictory

Border skirmishes

BattleDateLocationAlliesEnemiesResult
Raid of the Redeswire7 July 1575Northumberland, EnglandNone Kingdom of EnglandVictory

See also

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