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Arbikie, Black Laws

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

History & Significance

Arbikie, Black Laws 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 Arbikie, Black Laws lies on Unnamed Extrusive Rocks, Silurian To Devonian, bedrock that formed in the Devonian. The rock here is mafic lava and mafic tuff.

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Scheduled Monuments near Arbikie, Black Laws

Hawkhill Quarry, ring ditches
Hawkhill Quarry, ring ditches
Scheduled monument · ~1.3 mi

Hawkhill Quarry Ring Ditches is a Bronze Age ceremonial monument located in Angus, Scotland. The site comprises concentric ring ditches, a characteristic form of ritual enclosure from the second millennium before the present. These monuments typically served as gathering places or ceremonial cent…

Priestfield,palisaded homestead and ring ditches 350m ESE of
Priestfield,palisaded homestead and ring ditches 350m ESE of
Scheduled monument · ~1.8 mi

Priestfield is a palisaded homestead and ring ditches situated in Angus, Scotland, approximately 350 metres south-east of the settlement name. The monument comprises the earthwork remains of a prehistoric domestic enclosure, defended by a timber palisade, together with associated ring-ditched str…

Newbarns, unenclosed settlement, SE of Anniston Smithy
Newbarns, unenclosed settlement, SE of Anniston Smithy
Scheduled monument · ~2 mi

Newbarns is an unenclosed settlement located south-east of Anniston Smithy in Angus, Scotland. The site lies upon bedrock of the Arbuthnott-Garvock Group, Pragian deposits comprising sandstone with subordinate conglomerate, siltstone and mudstone that would have provided ready sources of stone fo…

Newbarns, ditches, ring ditches & enclosures 290m NNE of
Newbarns, ditches, ring ditches & enclosures 290m NNE of
Scheduled monument · Post-Medieval · ~2 mi

Newbarns, ditches, ring ditches and enclosures is a post-medieval complex of earthworks located 290 metres north-north-east of Newbarns in Angus, Scotland. The site comprises multiple ditched features and enclosures typical of early modern agricultural and possibly domestic organisation, preserve…

Newbarns, enclosure and ring ditch 345m SSW of
Newbarns, enclosure and ring ditch 345m SSW of
Scheduled monument · Post-Medieval · ~2.2 mi

Newbarns is a post-medieval enclosure and ring ditch located in Angus, Scotland, protected as a scheduled monument by Historic Environment Scotland. The site comprises two distinct archaeological features: an enclosure of post-medieval date and an associated ring ditch, positioned approximately 3…

Newbarns, unenclosed settlement 520m NE of
Newbarns, unenclosed settlement 520m NE of
Scheduled monument · ~2.2 mi

Newbarns is an unenclosed settlement situated 520 metres north-east of the township of Newbarns in Angus, Scotland. The site lies on bedrock of the Stratheden Group, a formation of interbedded sandstone and conglomerate dating to the Late Devonian period, which provides a naturally well-drained f…

Ironshill, unenclosed settlement and cropmarks 290m W of
Scheduled monument · ~1.1 miles
Ironshill, roundhouse 430m WSW of
Scheduled monument · ~1.1 miles
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