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English Civil War

Covenanter siege of Aberdeen 1639

1639
Aberdeenshire, Scotland
Also known as: Covenanters take Aberdeen First Bishops War
Era
English Civil War
Battle Type
Siege
Location
Aberdeenshire, Scotland
Status
Unregistered
The Combatants

Who Fought

Defeated
Royalists
Forces
Royalists c.1,500–2,500
VS
Victor
Covenanters (Montrose)
Forces
Covenanters (Montrose) c.3,000–4,000
Outcome
Aberdeen taken by Covenanting forces under the young Marquis of Montrose
The Battle

History & Significance

Montrose seized Aberdeen for the Covenanting cause in 1639 — ironically the same city he would sack for the Royalists five years later after changing sides.

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Protected heritage nearby

Scheduled Monuments near Covenanter siege of Aberdeen 1639

Balnagask motte, Baxter Place, Aberdeen
Scheduled monument · ~1.2 miles
Torry Battery, battery 130m ESE of Old South Breakwater
Scheduled monument · ~1.4 miles
St Machar's Cathedral and graveyard
Scheduled monument · ~1.4 miles
St Fittick's Church, Aberdeen
Scheduled monument · ~1.5 miles
Mote Hill, palisaded settlement and cairn
Scheduled monument · ~1.5 miles
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