When did Airngath Hill take place?

Airngath Hill took place in an uncertain year, Scotland.

Who won Airngath Hill?

The victor at Airngath Hill is disputed or unrecorded in the surviving sources.

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Airngath Hill

Scotland

Era

Unknown Era

Battle Type

Pitched Battle

Location

Scotland

Status

Unregistered

The Battle

History & Significance

Airngath Hill 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 Airngath Hill lies on Unnamed Extrusive Rocks, Dinantian, bedrock that formed in the Mississippian. The rock here is mafic lava and mafic tuff.

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Monuments

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Battlefields

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Roman Britain

The Roman roads, forts and towns near here, and the Iron Age people who held the land before Rome arrived.

Stat Accounts

The parish Statistical Accounts of the 1790s and 1830s, describing life, work and population here.

Civil War

The Civil War fighting, garrisons and recorded militaria in this area, woven into the arc of 1642 to 1651.

Geology

The bedrock beneath the site, its age and rock type, reaching back hundreds of millions of years.

Local Names

What the street and field names around here actually mean, and the history buried inside them.

Historical Maps

Ordnance Survey maps from the 1800s, layered over the location as it stands today.

Literature

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Protected heritage nearby

Scheduled Monuments near Airngath Hill

Bonhard House,palisaded homestead 350m SSW of

Scheduled monument · ~0.5 mi

Bonhard House is a palisaded homestead located approximately 350 metres south-south-west of Bonhard in Linlithgowshire, Scotland. The site is defined by a substantial timber palisade that encloses a domestic settlement, a settlement type characteristic of the later prehistoric period in Scotland.…

MacGibbon, David, 1831-1902; Ross, Thomas, 1839-1930 / Public domain / Wikimedia Commons

Antonine Wall, Roman temporary camp 105m NNW of Holland Cottage

Scheduled monument · Roman · ~1 mi

Antonine Wall, Roman temporary camp 105m NNW of Holland Cottage is a Roman marching camp situated in Linlithgowshire, Scotland, forming part of the defensive infrastructure constructed during Rome's occupation of northern Britain in the 2nd century AD. The camp lies upon bedrock of the Clackmanna…

Antonine Wall, N of Kinneil Primary School

Scheduled monument · ~1.1 mi

Antonine Wall north of Kinneil Primary School is a substantial Roman frontier fortification built during the reign of Emperor Antoninus Pius around AD 142. The wall extends across central Scotland from the Firth of Forth to the Firth of Clyde, and this section stands on bedrock of the Clackmannan…

Linlithgow Palace, Peel and Royal Park

Scheduled monument · ~1.3 mi

Linlithgow Palace, Peel and Royal Park is a royal residence and fortified enclosure in Linlithgowshire, Scotland, protected as a scheduled monument by Historic Environment Scotland. The palace occupies a naturally defensible location atop Dinantian mafic lava and tuff, ancient volcanic bedrock th…

Kinneil,church and graveyard

Scheduled monument · Medieval · ~1.6 mi

Kinneil church and graveyard is a medieval ecclesiastical site located in Linlithgowshire, Scotland. The monument comprises both the church structure and its associated burial ground, representing an important centre of religious and community life from the medieval period. The site is protected…

Antonine Wall and fortlet, 430m E to 850m WSW of Kinneil House

Scheduled monument · ~1.8 mi

Antonine Wall and fortlet, 430m east to 850m west-south-west of Kinneil House, is a section of the turf-built frontier erected by the Roman army in the 140s AD across the Forth-Clyde isthmus. This monument preserves part of the northernmost frontier of the Roman Empire, constructed under the Empe…

Bonhard House,enclosure 500m SSW of

Scheduled monument · Post-Medieval · ~0.4 miles

Roman temporary camp, 40m SW, 75m SW, 75m N and 80m NE of Bents Cottage

Scheduled monument · ~0.9 miles

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