battle, medieval

Battle of Sauchieburn

Name: Battle of Sauchieburn
Start: 1488-06-11
Location: Stirling, United Kingdom

Battle of Sauchieburn was a battle fought on 11 June 1488 at Stirling, in what is now United Kingdom. The recorded result: Rebel victory. Recorded strength: 30,000 against 18,000.

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Fought11 June 1488

WhereStirling, United Kingdom56.067N, 3.917W

OutcomeRebel victory

BelligerentsScottish CrownagainstRebels

Casualties and lossesUnknown, but higher than the rebelsandLow

Battlefield todayBattle of Sauchieburn battlefieldHistoric Environment Scotland entry BTL38, 1,354 ha

Record

Date	11 June 1488
Place	Stirling, United Kingdom 56.067N, 3.917W
Kind	Battle, medieval
Strength	30,000	18,000
Casualties and losses	Unknown, but higher than the rebels	Low
Commanders	James III of Scotland David Lindsay, 1st Duke of Montrose Malise Graham, 1st Earl of Menteith Alexander Cunningham, 1st Earl of Glencairn Hector Roy Mackenzie	James IV Alexander Home, 2nd Lord Home Archibald Douglas, 5th Earl of Angus Hugh Montgomerie, 1st Earl of Eglinton

The recorded site, with the nearest other engagements in the atlas. The dashed outline is the registered battlefield area (Historic Environment Scotland). Present-day coastlines, rivers and borders; towns from Natural Earth.

Nearest engagements

Battle of Bannockburn 1314, 3.2 km NW
Siege of Stirling Castle 1746, 5.7 km N
Battle of Stirling 1648, 6.5 km N
Siege of Stirling Castle 1304, 6.7 km N
Battle of Stirling Bridge 1297, 7.1 km N

Contested ground: this site was fought over 6 times between 1297 and 1746.

Elsewhere in 1488

Historic Environment Scotland registers this as the Battle of Sauchieburn battlefield (entry BTL38), 1,354 hectares, under the Open Government Licence.

Battle of Sauchieburn 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 Q3775989, released under CC0. Result, belligerents, commanders, strength and casualties from the infobox of the English Wikipedia article Battle of Sauchieburn, revision 1370588761, 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. Battlefield boundary and area from Historic Environment Scotland (Open Government Licence). Dates before 1582 follow the Julian calendar as recorded.