When did Annan Airfield, Battle H.Q. take place?

Annan Airfield, Battle H.Q. took place in an uncertain year, Scotland.

Who won Annan Airfield, Battle H.Q.?

The victor at Annan Airfield, Battle H.Q. is disputed or unrecorded in the surviving sources.

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Unknown Era

Annan Airfield, Battle H.Q.

Scotland

Era

Unknown Era

Battle Type

Pitched Battle

Location

Scotland

Status

Unregistered

The Battle

History & Significance

Annan Airfield, Battle H.Q. 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 Annan Airfield, Battle H.Q. lies on Triassic Rocks (Undifferentiated), bedrock that formed in the Triassic. The rock here is sandstone and conglomerate, interbedded.

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Scheduled Monuments near Annan Airfield, Battle H.Q.

Robgill Tower, fort 90m NW of

Scheduled monument · Iron Age · ~2.1 mi

Robgill Tower is an Iron Age fort situated in Dumfriesshire, south-western Scotland, protected as a scheduled monument. The fort occupies a defensible position above the local landscape, its ramparts and ditches taking advantage of the underlying Triassic bedrock of interbedded sandstone and cong…

St Bryde's Kirk, church 95m W of Brydekirk Mains

Scheduled monument · Medieval · ~2.1 mi

St Bryde's Kirk is a medieval church located 95 metres west of Brydekirk Mains in Dumfriesshire, Scotland. The site occupies sandstone bedrock of the Border Group formation, geology that would have provided accessible building stone for the church's construction. The kirk represents an important…

Woodhouse Tower, tower house

Scheduled monument · ~2.2 mi

Woodhouse Tower is a tower house located in Dumfriesshire, Scotland. This defensive residential structure stands upon Triassic sandstone and conglomerate bedrock, characteristic of the geological foundation across much of south-western Scotland. The underlying strata provided both the stone for c…

Merkland Cross, Woodhouse

Scheduled monument · ~2.4 mi

Merkland Cross is a woodhouse located in Dumfriesshire, southwestern Scotland, situated on bedrock of Triassic sandstone and conglomerate. The underlying geology reflects the ancient desert environments that characterised this region during the Triassic period, when layered deposits of sand and g…

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Gleningle, enclosure 80m NE of

Scheduled monument · Post-Medieval · ~2.5 mi

Gleningle Enclosure is a post-medieval field boundary situated 80 metres north-east of Gleningle itself in Dumfriesshire, south-west Scotland. The monument comprises a substantial stone-built enclosure that reflects the agricultural reorganisation and land management practices of early modern Sco…

Annan old graveyard, recumbent grave marker 45m ENE of town hall

Scheduled monument · ~2.7 mi

Annan Old Graveyard Recumbent Grave Marker is a horizontal grave stone located 45 metres east-north-east of Annan Town Hall in Dumfriesshire, south-western Scotland. The monument lies within the historic graveyard of this market town situated on the banks of the River Annan. It is protected as a…

Woodhead,enclosure 200m NE of

Scheduled monument · Post-Medieval · ~1.5 miles

Bonshaw Tile Works, NW of Bonshawside, Kirtlebridge

Scheduled monument · ~1.8 miles

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