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Devil's Burdens

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

History & Significance

Devil's Burdens 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 Devil's Burdens 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
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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Scheduled Monuments near Devil's Burdens

Balharvie Moss,cross-incised stone 420m NNE of Miller's Loch
Balharvie Moss,cross-incised stone 420m NNE of Miller's Loch
Scheduled monument · ~1.4 mi

Balharvie Moss, cross-incised stone is a carved stone monument located in Fife, Scotland, situated 420 metres north-north-east of Miller's Loch. The stone bears incised cross designs, a motif common to early medieval monuments of the northern British Isles. Such carved stones served important cul…

Corston Tower,towerhouse and dovecot
Corston Tower,towerhouse and dovecot
Scheduled monument · ~2.4 mi

Corston Tower is a towerhouse and dovecot located in Fife, Scotland. The structure stands on bedrock of the Stratheden Group, Late Devonian sandstone and conglomerate interbedded together, which provides a stable foundation for the masonry. The towerhouse represents a characteristic Scottish defe…

Mawcarse, enclosure 300m E of
Mawcarse, enclosure 300m E of
Scheduled monument · Post-Medieval · ~2.8 mi

Mawcarse is a post-medieval enclosure located in Kinross-shire, Scotland, situated approximately 300 metres east of the main settlement. The monument lies on bedrock of the Stratheden Group, a Late Devonian formation composed of interbedded sandstone and conglomerate, which would have provided bo…

Mawcarse Cottage, barrows 200m SSE of
Mawcarse Cottage, barrows 200m SSE of
Scheduled monument · ~2.9 mi

Mawcarse Cottage Barrows, 200 metres south-south-east of Mawcarse Cottage, is a barrow cemetery located in Kinross-shire, Scotland. The site comprises multiple burial mounds constructed on bedrock formed from the Stratheden Group, a Late Devonian sequence of interbedded sandstone and conglomerate…

Strathmiglo Churchyard,symbol stone
Strathmiglo Churchyard,symbol stone
Scheduled monument · ~2.9 mi

Strathmiglo Churchyard symbol stone is a Pictish monument of the Early Medieval period, now preserved within the churchyard at Strathmiglo in Fife. The stone belongs to a distinctive class of carved rocks peculiar to eastern Scotland, bearing abstract symbols whose meaning remains unknown but who…

Orwell, rectilinear enclosure 300m N of
Orwell, rectilinear enclosure 300m N of
Scheduled monument · Post-Medieval · ~2.9 mi

Orwell is a post-medieval rectilinear enclosure situated in Kinross-shire, Scotland, approximately 300 metres north of Orwell village. The monument comprises a rectangular earthwork characteristic of the early modern period, when such planned agricultural and domestic enclosures became standard f…

Wester Upper Urquhart,cairn 1700m SSE of,West Lomond
Scheduled monument · ~0.4 miles
Easter Nether Urquhart, cairn 980m ENE of
Scheduled monument · ~1.8 miles
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Battles near Devil's Burdens

English naval landing and burning of Leith, 1544
1544
~19.1 miles away
First Bishops' War: Defence and Fortification of Leith, 1639
1639
~19.1 miles away
Siege of Leith
1560
~19.2 miles away
Airngath Hill
~20.3 miles away
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