Raid Of Ruthven
Battle Site (16th Century)
Site Name Raid Of Ruthven
Classification Battle Site (16th Century)
Canmore ID 26890
Site Number NO02SE 4
NGR NO 09 24
NGR Description NO c. 09 24
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/26890
- Council Perth And Kinross
- Parish Tibbermore
- Former Region Tayside
- Former District Perth And Kinross
- Former County Perthshire
NO02SE 4 c. 09 24.
On the south-west side of what is now called the Brown Tod, happened on the 23rd August, 1582, The Raid of Ruthven, which was a skirmish betwixt the Earle of Merr, and William Stewart, brother to the Earl of Arran, when the latter was defeated and taken prisoner in his attempt to rescue King James VI from the Protestant Hands in Ruthven Castle.
R S Fittis 1876.
