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Aberdeen, Ruthrieston, Bridge of Dee

Scotland
Era
Unknown Era
Battle Type
Pitched Battle
Location
Scotland
Status
Unregistered
The Battle

History & Significance

Aberdeen, Ruthrieston, Bridge of Dee was a pitched battle between opposing field armies, fought in Scotland. Which side prevailed is not recorded in the surviving sources, and its outcome is not conclusively established in the historical record.

The ground

The ground they fought on

The site of Aberdeen, Ruthrieston, Bridge of Dee lies on Argyll Group, bedrock that formed in the Neoproterozoic. The rock here is psammite, semipelite and pelite.

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Roman Britain
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Geology
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Scheduled Monuments near Aberdeen, Ruthrieston, Bridge of Dee

Loirston Country Park, cairn and dyke 220m NE of Cat Cairn
Loirston Country Park, cairn and dyke 220m NE of Cat Cairn
Scheduled monument · ~1.5 mi

Loirston Country Park, cairn and dyke is a prehistoric monument located in Kincardineshire, north-east Scotland, protected by Historic Environment Scotland. The site comprises a stone cairn and associated linear dyke situated 220 metres north-east of Cat Cairn, another contemporary monument in th…

Balnagask motte, Baxter Place, Aberdeen
Balnagask motte, Baxter Place, Aberdeen
Scheduled monument · ~2 mi

Balnagask motte is a Norman earthwork located at Baxter Place in Aberdeen, Kincardineshire, founded upon bedrock of the Argyll Group formed during the Neoproterozoic era. The motte comprises an artificial mound typical of the type built across Scotland and northern England following the Norman Co…

St Fittick's Church, Aberdeen
St Fittick's Church, Aberdeen
Scheduled monument · ~2.3 mi

St Fittick's Church is a medieval parish church located near Aberdeen in Kincardineshire, built upon bedrock formed from Argyll Group rocks of Neoproterozoic age. These metamorphic strata—psammite, semipelite and pelite—underlie the Dee valley landscape where the church was constructed. The site…

Torry Battery, battery 130m ESE of Old South Breakwater
Torry Battery, battery 130m ESE of Old South Breakwater
Scheduled monument · ~2.6 mi

Torry Battery is a coastal defensive fortification situated 130 metres east-south-east of the Old South Breakwater in Kincardineshire, Scotland. The battery occupies bedrock of the Argyll Group, Neoproterozoic deposits composed of psammite, semipelite and pelite that underlie much of this stretch…

Bieldside, cairn, Cults
Bieldside, cairn, Cults
Scheduled monument · ~2.9 mi

Bieldside Cairn is a burial monument located near Cults in Aberdeenshire, Scotland. The cairn sits upon bedrock of the Argyll Group, a Neoproterozoic formation comprising psammite, semipelite and pelite—metamorphic rocks that give the surrounding landscape its distinctive character. Like other ca…

Lang Stane,standing stone,Hilton Drive
Lang Stane,standing stone,Hilton Drive
Scheduled monument · Bronze Age · ~3 mi

Lang Stane is a Bronze Age standing stone located on Hilton Drive in Aberdeenshire, Scotland. The monument stands on bedrock comprising an unnamed igneous intrusion of felsic rock, formed during the Silurian period. This geological foundation of ancient crystalline stone connects the monument's s…

Pitfoddels Castle, motte 30m E of Norwood
Scheduled monument · Medieval · ~1.2 miles
Cat Cairn, cairn
Scheduled monument · ~1.4 miles
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Battles near Aberdeen, Ruthrieston, Bridge of Dee

Battle of the Brig of Dee
1639
~0 miles away
Battle of Aberdeen (1644)
1644
~1.3 miles away
Aberdeen, Crabe Stone
~1.4 miles away
Battle of Aberdeen (1646)
1646
~1.9 miles away
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