battle, medieval

Battle of Champions

Name: Battle of Champions
Location: Highland, United Kingdom

Battle of Champions was a battle fought in 1478 at Highland, in what is now United Kingdom. The recorded result: Keith victory. Recorded strength: 24 against 12.

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Fought1478

WhereHighland, United Kingdom58.475N, 3.085W

OutcomeKeith victory

BelligerentsClan KeithagainstClan Gunn

Casualties and losses>12and12

Record

Date	1478 (year precision)
Place	Highland, United Kingdom 58.475N, 3.085W
Kind	Battle, medieval
Strength	24	12
Casualties and losses	>12	12

The recorded site, with the nearest other engagements in the atlas. Present-day coastlines, rivers and borders; towns from Natural Earth.

Nearest engagements

Battle of Altimarlach 1680, 4.2 km SW
Battle of Tannach 1464, 7.9 km SW
Battle of Harpsdale 1426, 25 km W
Sandside Chase 1437, 42 km W
Scuttling of the German Fleet in Scapa Flow 1919, 46 km N

Contested ground: this site was fought over 3 times between 1464 and 1680.

Elsewhere in 1478

Battle of Champions is one of 720 engagements of the 15th century in the atlas and one of 695 in present-day United Kingdom.

Sources

Identity, coordinates, dates and the war from Wikidata Q4870706, released under CC0. Result, belligerents, commanders, strength and casualties from the infobox of the English Wikipedia article Battle of Champions, revision 1373292206, read 2026-11-14, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0; the article's text is not reproduced here. Present-day country and state from Natural Earth. Dates before 1582 follow the Julian calendar as recorded.