BattlefieldsStonehaven coastal skirmish 1639
English Civil War

Stonehaven coastal skirmish 1639

1639
Scotland
Era
English Civil War
Battle Type
Pitched Battle
Location
Scotland
Status
Unregistered
The Combatants

Who Fought

Forces
Not recorded in historical accounts
Forces
royalist supply party
VS
Victor
Not recorded in historical accounts
Forces
Covenanting coastal patrol
Outcome
Covenanting patrol maintained coastal security
The Battle

History & Significance

A minor coastal skirmish near Stonehaven in Kincardineshire during the First Bishops War as royalist sympathisers attempted to land supplies or communicate with the English fleet. Covenanting patrols on the Kincardineshire coast disrupted royalist communications along the northeast littoral.

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