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Elgin

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

History & Significance

Elgin 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 Elgin lies on Upper Old Red Sandstone, bedrock that formed in the Late Devonian. The rock here is conglomerate, sandstone, siltstone and mudstone.

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Monuments
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Battlefields
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Roman Britain
The Roman roads, forts and towns near here, and the Iron Age people who held the land before Rome arrived.
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.
Local Names
What the street and field names around here actually mean, and the history buried inside them.
Historical Maps
Ordnance Survey maps from the 1800s, layered over the location as it stands today.
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Scheduled Monuments near Elgin

Elgin Castle
Elgin Castle
Scheduled monument · ~0.5 mi

Elgin Castle is a motte-and-bailey fortification located in Morayshire, Scotland, dating to the Norman period, likely established in the twelfth century. The castle consists of an earthen mound topped by a wooden or stone keep, characteristic of early medieval defensive architecture, with an adjo…

Quarrywood,henge 260m N of Oakwood Motel
Quarrywood,henge 260m N of Oakwood Motel
Scheduled monument · Bronze Age · ~1.6 mi

Quarrywood is a Bronze Age henge monument situated 260 metres north of Oakwood Motel in Morayshire. Like other henges of this period, it comprises a circular earthwork defined by a substantial ditch and internal or external bank, though the specific dimensions and condition of Quarrywood's featur…

Spynie Palace
Spynie Palace
Scheduled monument · ~2.7 mi

Spynie Palace is a substantial medieval fortified residence located near Lossiemouth in Morayshire, Scotland. The palace served as the principal seat of the Bishops of Moray from the late thirteenth century onwards, and its development reflects the growing power and wealth of the ecclesiastical e…

George Reid / Public domain / Wikimedia Commons
Upper Manbeen, symbol stone
Upper Manbeen, symbol stone
Scheduled monument · ~3.1 mi

Upper Manbeen is a symbol stone located in Morayshire, Scotland, protected by Historic Environment Scotland under reference SM1224. Symbol stones are characteristic monuments of Early Medieval Scotland, typically carved with abstract and animal designs that reflect the artistic and cultural ident…

Caysbriggs, earthwork 450m NW of
Caysbriggs, earthwork 450m NW of
Scheduled monument · ~4 mi

Caysbriggs is a prehistoric earthwork situated in Morayshire, approximately 450 metres north-west of the settlement from which it takes its name. The monument occupies ground underlain by Upper Old Red Sandstone deposits, dating from the Late Devonian period, composed of conglomerate, sandstone,…

Bogton, stone circle 250m NW of
Bogton, stone circle 250m NW of
Scheduled monument · Bronze Age · ~4.1 mi

Bogton is a Bronze Age stone circle situated in Morayshire, north-east Scotland, approximately 250 metres north-west of the settlement from which it takes its name. The monument stands upon bedrock of Upper Old Red Sandstone, comprising conglomerate, sandstone, siltstone and mudstone deposits lai…

Bishop's House,Elgin
Scheduled monument · ~1 miles
Elgin Cathedral
Scheduled monument · ~1 miles
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Battles near Elgin

Macbeth Kills Duncan I at Pitgaveny near Elgin 1040
1040
~2.8 miles away
Battle of Pitgaveny
~2.8 miles away
Milltown Airfield, Battle H.Q.
~3.7 miles away
Standingstone
~4.8 miles away
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