BattlefieldsForth-Clyde Canal Reservoir
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Forth-Clyde Canal Reservoir

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

History & Significance

Forth-Clyde Canal Reservoir 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 Forth-Clyde Canal Reservoir lies on Unnamed Igneous Intrusion, Carboniferous To Permian, bedrock that formed in the Permian. The rock here is dolerite and tholeiitic basalt.

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Roman Britain
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Geology
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Protected heritage nearby

Scheduled Monuments near Forth-Clyde Canal Reservoir

Craigstone Wood,Castle Hill,motte E of
Craigstone Wood,Castle Hill,motte E of
Scheduled monument · Medieval · ~0.3 mi

Craigstone Wood Castle Hill is a medieval motte in Stirlingshire, Scotland, protected as a scheduled monument by Historic Environment Scotland. The earthwork occupies a naturally prominent position, enhanced by the underlying geology of the site. Bedrock composed of Carboniferous to Permian-age i…

Forth and Clyde Canal: Auchinstarry Farm - Castlecary
Forth and Clyde Canal: Auchinstarry Farm - Castlecary
Scheduled monument · ~0.7 mi

Forth and Clyde Canal: Auchinstarry Farm - Castlecary is a section of the Forth and Clyde Canal, a major eighteenth-century artificial waterway constructed to connect the east and west coasts of Scotland. The canal was engineered to facilitate commercial transport of goods, particularly coal and…

Antonine Wall, Wester Dullatur to East Dullatur
Antonine Wall, Wester Dullatur to East Dullatur
Scheduled monument · ~0.9 mi

Antonine Wall, Wester Dullatur to East Dullatur, is a section of the second-century Roman frontier that stretched across central Scotland from the Firth of Clyde to the Firth of Forth. Constructed around AD 142 under the Emperor Antoninus Pius, this turf and stone rampart represents Rome's northe…

Antonine Wall and fort, railway line to 300m E of Westerwood steading
Antonine Wall and fort, railway line to 300m E of Westerwood steading
Scheduled monument · ~1.2 mi

Antonine Wall and fort at Westerwood is a Roman frontier installation built on bedrock of the Clackmannan Group in Dunbartonshire, Scotland. The wall itself represents the northernmost frontier of the Roman Empire, constructed in the second century AD across the Forth–Clyde isthmus. The fort sits…

Antonine Wall, camp, fortlet, fort and settlement, Croy Hill
Antonine Wall, camp, fortlet, fort and settlement, Croy Hill
Scheduled monument · Iron Age · ~1.4 mi

Croy Hill is a Roman fortlet situated on the Antonine Wall in Dunbartonshire, Scotland, forming part of the linear frontier erected by the Romans in the mid-second century AD. The fortlet occupies a commanding position on the wall's line and served a defensive and administrative function within t…

Antonine Wall, B802 to N of Cuilmuir View, Croy
Antonine Wall, B802 to N of Cuilmuir View, Croy
Scheduled monument · ~1.7 mi

Antonine Wall, B802 to N of Cuilmuir View, Croy is a turf and stone fortification built across central Scotland during the 2nd century AD. Constructed under the Roman Emperor Antoninus Pius, it formed the northern frontier of the Roman Empire and stretched for approximately 37 miles from the Firt…

Easter Auchincloch,fort 180m NNE of
Scheduled monument · Iron Age · ~1.9 miles
Balcastle Farm, motte 250m SSW of
Scheduled monument · Medieval · ~2.4 miles
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