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Battle of Tippermuir

Battle of Tippermuir was a battle fought on 1 September 1644 at Perth, in what is now United Kingdom. It was part of the Wars of the Three Kingdoms, which ran from 1638 to 1651. The recorded result: Royalist victory. Recorded strength: 2,000–3,000 foot; 150 cavalry against Disputed: 2,000–7,000 foot; 400–800 cavalry.

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Fought1 September 1644
WherePerth, United Kingdom56.396N, 3.540W
OutcomeRoyalist victory
BelligerentsScottish Royalists; Irish BrigadeagainstParliament of Scotland
Casualties and lossesLightand400–2,000
Battlefield todayBattle of Tippermuir battlefieldHistoric Environment Scotland entry BTL39, 965 ha
Part ofWars of the Three Kingdoms1638 to 1651

Where it sits in the Wars of the Three Kingdoms

Battle of Tippermuir, 1644Battle of Aberdeen, 1644Battle of Inverlochy, 1645Battle of Auldearn, 1645Battle of Alford, 1645Battle of Kilsyth, 1645Battle of Philiphaugh, 1645Battle of Annan Moor, 1645Battle of Lagganmore, 1646Battle of Aberdeen, 1646Battle of Rhunahaorine Moss, 1647Battle of Mauchline Muir, 1648Battle of Stirling, 1648Siege of Dublin, 1649Battle of Carbisdale, 1650Battle of Dunbar, 1650Battle of Inverkeithing, 1651Battle of Worcester, 1651Battle of Dalnaspidal, 1654Battle of the Severn, 165516441655Battle of Tippermuir, 1644
20 placed engagements of the Wars of the Three Kingdoms in time order; taller ticks are more widely documented. Each tick is a link.

Record

Date1 September 1644
PlacePerth, United Kingdom
56.396N, 3.540W
KindBattle, early modern
Strength2,000–3,000 foot; 150 cavalryDisputed: 2,000–7,000 foot; 400–800 cavalry
Casualties and lossesLight400–2,000
Commanders
  • John Wemyss, 1st Earl of Wemyss
Battle of TippermuirBattle of TippermuirBattle of MethvenBattle of Dupplin MoorBattle of MethvenBattle of Dupplin Moor5 km56.396N, 3.540W
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

Contested ground: this site was fought over 3 times between 1306 and 1644.

In the same war

Elsewhere in 1644

Combat data (CDB90)

Attacker: SCOT COV ARMYDefender: SCOT ROY ARMY
Strength6,8003,000
Casualties3,000 (44.1%)1 (0.0%)
Mission accomplishment, 1 to 1039
Outcomedefender won
Duration2 days
Front width1.1 km1.1 km
Attacker advanced-0.5 km

From the US Army Concepts Analysis Agency Database of Battles (CDB90, battle 22), public domain, in the CC0 tidy edition by Jeffrey B. Arnold. Figures are the database's estimates, compiled in 1990 from published histories, and may differ from the Wikipedia infobox above.

Historic Environment Scotland registers this as the Battle of Tippermuir battlefield (entry BTL39), 965 hectares, under the Open Government Licence.

Battle of Tippermuir is one of 1,470 engagements of the 17th century in the atlas and one of 695 in present-day United Kingdom.

Sources

Identity, coordinates, dates and the war from Wikidata Q4087469, released under CC0. Result, belligerents, commanders, strength and casualties from the infobox of the English Wikipedia article Battle of Tippermuir, revision 1370275519, 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.