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English Civil War

Battle of Megray Hill

1639
Kincardineshire, Scotland
Era
English Civil War
Battle Type
Skirmish
Location
Kincardineshire, Scotland
Status
Unregistered
The Combatants

Who Fought

Defeated
Royalists
Forces
Royalists c.200–400
VS
Victor
Covenanters
Forces
Covenanters c.300–500
Outcome
Small skirmish in First Bishops' War
The Battle

History & Significance

One of the few actions in the First Bishops' War; Royalists were outmanoeuvred throughout

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Protected heritage nearby

Scheduled Monuments near Battle of Megray Hill

Droop Hill,cairns 1250m SW of Inches
Scheduled monument · ~0.8 miles
St. Palladius' Chapel
Scheduled monument · ~2.6 miles
Fordoun,homestead moat
Scheduled monument · ~3.2 miles
Blackhill Wood,long cairn and cairn E of
Scheduled monument · Neolithic · ~3.2 miles
Cowie Line, pillbox and earthworks 945m SW of Stonehouse
Scheduled monument · ~3.4 miles
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