Battle Of Luncarty, Battle Law
Battle Site (10th Century)
Site Name Battle Of Luncarty, Battle Law
Classification Battle Site (10th Century)
Canmore ID 31736
Site Number NO32SE 10
NGR NO 3688 2383
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/31736
- Council Fife
- Parish Balmerino
- Former Region Fife
- Former District North East Fife
- Former County Fife
NO32SE 10 3688 2383.
(Name centred: NO 3688 2383) Supposed site of Battle (NR) Between Scots and Picts and the Danes (10th Century)
OS 6" map (1921)
The battle of Luncarty, in which Kenneth III is supposed to have gained a signal victory over the Danes, must be set down as a recent invention. Since no trace of the story of the battle is to be found even in Fordoun (Scoti-Chronicon 1684) or Wyntoun (Chronicle of Scotland), Boece, who first records the battle, must lie under strong suspicion of having entirely invented it.
J H Burton 1873
Luncarty - NO 09 29, Perthshire (NO02NE).
