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Craigallain

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

History & Significance

Craigallain 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 Craigallain 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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Roman Britain
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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.
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Historical Maps
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Protected heritage nearby

Scheduled Monuments near Craigallain

Dumgoyach,standing stones 410m SE of
Dumgoyach,standing stones 410m SE of
Scheduled monument · Bronze Age · ~1.9 mi

Dumgoyach is a Bronze Age standing stone monument located in Stirlingshire, Scotland, situated 410 metres south-east of the settlement from which it takes its name. The stone stands upon bedrock of the Stratheden Group, a geological formation of interbedded sandstone and conglomerate laid down du…

Broadgate,mound 200m S of
Broadgate,mound 200m S of
Scheduled monument · ~2 mi

Broadgate is a mound situated 200 metres south of Broadgate in Stirlingshire, Scotland. The monument lies upon bedrock composed of unnamed extrusive rocks of Dinantian age, formed during the Mississippian period as mafic lava and mafic tuff. This distinctive geological foundation of volcanic mate…

Kettlehill,dun
Kettlehill,dun
Scheduled monument · Iron Age · ~2.9 mi

Kettlehill Dun is an Iron Age fortified settlement located in Stirlingshire, Scotland, protected as a scheduled monument by Historic Environment Scotland under reference SM2190. The site occupies ground underlain by Permian mafic igneous rock, part of an unnamed intrusion that characterises the g…

Cochno, cup and ring marked stone 115m SW of Silver Firs
Cochno, cup and ring marked stone 115m SW of Silver Firs
Scheduled monument · ~3.2 mi

Cochno Stone is a cup and ring marked rock surface located in Dunbartonshire, Scotland, approximately 115 metres southwest of Silver Firs. The stone bears Bronze Age rock art in the form of cup marks and ring marks, motifs commonly found across Britain and beyond during the prehistoric period. Cu…

Bearsden Station,Roman bath-house 400m NE of
Bearsden Station,Roman bath-house 400m NE of
Scheduled monument · Roman · ~3.5 mi

Bearsden Station Roman Bath-house is a Roman bath-house located in Dunbartonshire, Scotland, approximately 400 metres north-east of Bearsden Station. The structure stands on bedrock formed from the Clackmannan Group, a Westphalian sedimentary sequence characteristic of the Scottish Carboniferous…

Antonine Wall, Golden Hill Park, Roman fort, annexe and bathhouse
Antonine Wall, Golden Hill Park, Roman fort, annexe and bathhouse
Scheduled monument · Iron Age · ~4.1 mi

Antonine Wall, Golden Hill Park is a Roman fort, annexe and bathhouse situated in Dunbartonshire, Scotland. Constructed during the second century AD as part of the Antonine Wall frontier system, the fort and its associated structures sit upon bedrock of the Strathclyde Group, sedimentary rocks la…

Mugdock Castle,Milngavie
Scheduled monument · ~0.8 miles
Craigmaddie House, fort and castle 140m E of
Scheduled monument · Iron Age · ~2.3 miles
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Battles near Craigallain

Clydebank Blitz
1941
~5.4 miles away
Glasgow, Victoria Park
~6.5 miles away
Teucheen Wood, Inchinnan
~6.5 miles away
Capture of the Earl of Argyll at Inchinnan, 1685
1685
~6.6 miles away
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