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Bordie Moor, 'Standard Stone'

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

History & Significance

Bordie Moor, 'Standard Stone' 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 Bordie Moor, 'Standard Stone' lies on Clackmannan Group, bedrock that formed in the Westphalian. The rock here is sedimentary rock cycles, clackmannan group type.

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Battlefields
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Roman Britain
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Stat Accounts
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Civil War
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Geology
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Protected heritage nearby

Scheduled Monuments near Bordie Moor, 'Standard Stone'

Windyhill,tombstone 450m N of
Windyhill,tombstone 450m N of
Scheduled monument · ~1.7 mi

Windyhill tombstone is a gravestone located in Fife, Scotland, standing some 450 metres north of Windyhill itself. The monument is protected by Historic Environment Scotland as a scheduled monument under reference SM2246. The stone occupies ground underlain by the Scottish Coal Measures Group, a…

Castle Hill enclosure, Bogside Wood
Castle Hill enclosure, Bogside Wood
Scheduled monument · ~2 mi

Castle Hill enclosure, Bogside Wood is a univallate hillfort situated in Fife, Scotland, protected as a scheduled monument by Historic Environment Scotland. The site lies upon bedrock of the Clackmannan Group, sedimentary rocks formed during the Westphalian period, which here provide a foundation…

The Palace, Culross, palace and gardens
The Palace, Culross, palace and gardens
Scheduled monument · ~2.1 mi

The Palace, Culross is a sixteenth and seventeenth century residential complex located in the historic royal burgh of Culross in Fife. The main house was constructed between 1597 and 1611 by Sir George Bruce, a merchant and industrialist who made his fortune through coal mining and salt productio…

Culross Abbey
Culross Abbey
Scheduled monument · ~2.2 mi

Culross Abbey is a Cistercian monastery founded in 1217 by Malcolm, Earl of Fife, situated on the Firth of Forth in Fife, Scotland. The abbey was dedicated to the Virgin Mary and became one of the principal religious houses in medieval Scotland, holding significant lands and exerting considerable…

St Mungo's Pit, coal shaft, 80m E of Cherry Tree Cottage
St Mungo's Pit, coal shaft, 80m E of Cherry Tree Cottage
Scheduled monument · ~2.3 mi

St Mungo's Pit is a coal shaft located 80 metres east of Cherry Tree Cottage in Fife, Scotland. The monument sits above bedrock of the Clackmannan Group, a Westphalian-age sedimentary formation that contains the coal seams which fuelled Scotland's industrial economy. These rock cycles, laid down…

Kennetpans Distillery,Clackmannan
Kennetpans Distillery,Clackmannan
Scheduled monument · ~2.8 mi

Kennetpans Distillery is a distillery site located in Clackmannanshire, Scotland, with origins in the eighteenth century when whisky production became established in this region. The site represents the industrial heritage of Clackmannanshire during the period when distilling was developing as a…

Kier Wood, fort, 370m NE of The Boathouse
Scheduled monument · Iron Age · ~0.8 miles
Culross,West Church,old parish church
Scheduled monument · Medieval · ~1.6 miles
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