When did Gillgerrie take place?

Gillgerrie took place in an uncertain year, Scotland.

The victor at Gillgerrie is disputed or unrecorded in the surviving sources.

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Gillgerrie

Scotland

Era

Unknown Era

Battle Type

Pitched Battle

Location

Scotland

Status

Unregistered

The Battle

History & Significance

Gillgerrie 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 Gillgerrie lies on Unnamed Igneous Intrusion, Late Silurian To Early Devonian, bedrock that formed in the Early Devonian. The rock here is felsic-rock.

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Monuments

The legally protected scheduled monuments around the location, each with its period, type and significance.

Battlefields

The battles and sieges fought on this ground, mapped and set on a timeline of the wider conflict.

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.

Literature

The books, county histories, charters and archives that mention this place, quoted with their sources.

Legal

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Protected heritage nearby

Scheduled Monuments near Gillgerrie

Kirkton of Leochel, St Marnoch's Church

Scheduled monument · Medieval · ~2.5 mi

St Marnoch's Church at Kirkton of Leochel is a medieval parish church in Aberdeenshire, built on bedrock of Argyll Group psammite, semipelite and pelite dating to the Neoproterozoic. The church stands within the valley lands of this distinctive geological region, where the ancient metamorphic str…

Old Kirk of Tough, standing stone 165m N of Forkins of Midmar

Scheduled monument · Bronze Age · ~3.7 mi

Old Kirk of Tough is a Bronze Age standing stone located in Aberdeenshire, Scotland, situated 165 metres north of Forkins of Midmar. The monument is protected by Historic Environment Scotland under reference SM12010. Standing stones of this type were erected during the Bronze Age, typically servi…

Kincardine o'Neil, old church and hospital

Scheduled monument · Medieval · ~4.3 mi

Kincardine o'Neil old church and hospital is a medieval religious foundation in Aberdeenshire, situated on bedrock of the Argyll Group, Neoproterozoic psammite and pelite which would have shaped medieval quarrying and building practices in the locality. The settlement developed as both a place of…

Coull Castle

Scheduled monument · ~4.5 mi

Coull Castle is a medieval castle site located in Aberdeenshire, Scotland, dating from the medieval period. The castle consists of the remains of a motte-and-bailey fortification, a common defensive structure of Norman and early medieval Scotland. The site represents an important example of early…

North Strone, stone circle 200m SSW of

Scheduled monument · Bronze Age · ~4.8 mi

North Strone is a Bronze Age stone circle located in Aberdeenshire, Scotland, some 200 metres south-south-west of the village. The monument stands upon bedrock of the Argyll Group, Neoproterozoic psammite, semipelite and pelite deposits that underlie much of the surrounding landscape. These metam…

Tamnagorn, stone circle 300m E of

Scheduled monument · Bronze Age · ~4.9 mi

Tamnagorn is a Bronze Age stone circle located in Aberdeenshire, Scotland, situated approximately 300 metres east of the settlement from which it takes its name. The monument stands protected under Historic Environment Scotland's scheduling system with reference SM49, ensuring its preservation as…

Macbeth's Cairn, cairn 360m ENE of Ferneybrae

Scheduled monument · ~0.6 miles

Peel Ring of Lumphanan, castle, Peel Bog of Lumphanan

Scheduled monument · Medieval · ~1.6 miles

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Battles near Gillgerrie

Battle of Alford 1645

1645

~6.4 miles away

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Sources

Gillgerrie · Canmore

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