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Balass Farm

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

History & Significance

Balass Farm 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 Balass Farm lies on Stratheden Group, bedrock that formed in the Late Devonian. The rock here is sandstone and conglomerate, interbedded.

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Roman Britain
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Geology
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Scheduled Monuments near Balass Farm

Kemback School,church 155m WNW of
Kemback School,church 155m WNW of
Scheduled monument · Medieval · ~1.6 mi

Kemback Church is a medieval ecclesiastical building situated in Fife, Scotland, approximately 155 metres west-north-west of Kemback School. The church rests upon bedrock of the Stratheden Group, a geological formation of Late Devonian age comprising interbedded sandstone and conglomerate that ha…

Cupar, St Christopher's Church (remains of)
Cupar, St Christopher's Church (remains of)
Scheduled monument · Medieval · ~1.7 mi

Cupar, St Christopher's Church is a medieval church of which only remains survive, located in Fife, Scotland. The church once stood upon bedrock of the Stratheden Group, a Late Devonian formation of interbedded sandstone and conglomerate that underlies this part of Fife. This geological foundatio…

Hill of Tarvit,homestead & terraces 550m SSW of Hilltarvit Mains
Hill of Tarvit,homestead & terraces 550m SSW of Hilltarvit Mains
Scheduled monument · ~1.7 mi

Hill of Tarvit is a homestead and terraces situated 550 metres south-south-west of Hilltarvit Mains in Fife, Scotland. The settlement occupies ground underlain by Permian dolerite and tholeiitic basalt, hard igneous bedrock that would have presented significant challenges to cultivation. The terr…

Lordscairnie Castle,4800m NW of Cupar
Lordscairnie Castle,4800m NW of Cupar
Scheduled monument · ~3.5 mi

Lordscairnie Castle is a fortified structure located in Fife, approximately 4.8 kilometres north-west of Cupar. The castle stands upon bedrock composed of Silurian to Devonian extrusive rocks, specifically mafic lavas and tuffs formed during the Devonian period. This ancient volcanic geology unde…

Mountquhanie Castle,70m NE of Mountquhanie House
Mountquhanie Castle,70m NE of Mountquhanie House
Scheduled monument · ~5.1 mi

Mountquhanie Castle is a fortified structure located in Fife, Scotland, situated 70 metres north-east of Mountquhanie House. The castle stands upon bedrock composed of mafic lava and mafic tuff dating to the Devonian period, geological formations that would have provided a naturally robust founda…

Southfield, cropmarks E and SE of
Southfield, cropmarks E and SE of
Scheduled monument · ~5.5 mi

Southfield is a prehistoric enclosure revealed through cropmarks on agricultural land east and south-east of the settlement in Fife, Scotland. The monument lies on Pragian-age bedrock of the Arbuthnott-Garvock Group, a geological formation comprising sandstone interbedded with conglomerate, silts…

Edenwood Farm,burial mound 350m NE of
Scheduled monument · ~2.3 miles
Scotstarvit Tower
Scheduled monument · ~2.3 miles
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Battles near Balass Farm

Drem Airfield, Battle H.Q.
~21.8 miles away
Longniddry Farm
~24 miles away
Athelstaneford
~24.1 miles away
East Fortune Airfield, Battle H.Q.
~24.2 miles away
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