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Glasgow, Prince's Dock

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

History & Significance

Glasgow, Prince's Dock 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 Glasgow, Prince's Dock lies on Clackmannan Group, bedrock that formed in the Westphalian. The rock here is sedimentary rock cycles, clackmannan group type.

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Monuments
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Battlefields
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Roman Britain
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Stat Accounts
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Civil War
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Geology
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Scheduled Monuments near Glasgow, Prince's Dock

Govan, carved stones and Old Parish Church graveyard
Govan, carved stones and Old Parish Church graveyard
Scheduled monument · Medieval · ~0.9 mi

Govan carved stones and Old Parish Church graveyard is a medieval monument in Lanarkshire, Scotland, comprising a collection of carved stones assembled within the graveyard of the Old Parish Church. The stones represent an important assemblage of medieval sculptural work, likely spanning several…

North Woodside Flint Mills,Garriochmill Road,North Kelvin
North Woodside Flint Mills,Garriochmill Road,North Kelvin
Scheduled monument · ~1.5 mi

North Woodside Flint Mills is a scheduled monument located on Garriochmill Road in North Kelvin, Lanarkshire. The site occupies bedrock of the Clackmannan Group, a Westphalian sedimentary formation typical of Scotland's coalfield regions. This geological foundation supported industrial activity i…

Forth and Clyde Canal: Glasgow Branch
Forth and Clyde Canal: Glasgow Branch
Scheduled monument · ~2 mi

The Forth and Clyde Canal Glasgow Branch is a navigable waterway constructed in the late eighteenth century as an extension of the principal Forth and Clyde Canal, linking Glasgow to the main canal system. The branch was engineered to provide direct access from Glasgow to the central belt canal n…

Forth and Clyde Canal, Port Dundas canal basin, Glasgow
Forth and Clyde Canal, Port Dundas canal basin, Glasgow
Scheduled monument · Iron Age · ~2 mi

Port Dundas Canal Basin is a surviving section of the Forth and Clyde Canal in Glasgow, Lanarkshire, protected as a scheduled monument by Historic Environment Scotland. Constructed in the late eighteenth century, the basin represents an important phase in Scotland's industrial transport infrastru…

Cathkin Park, former football ground, Glasgow
Cathkin Park, former football ground, Glasgow
Scheduled monument · ~2.4 mi

Cathkin Park is a former football ground located in Renfrewshire, Scotland, protected by Historic Environment Scotland under reference SM13799. The site occupies land underlain by the Scottish Coal Measures Group, a geological formation dating to the Moscovian period, which comprises mudstone, si…

Forth and Clyde Canal: Netherton Farm - Cleveden Road
Forth and Clyde Canal: Netherton Farm - Cleveden Road
Scheduled monument · ~2.9 mi

Forth and Clyde Canal: Netherton Farm - Cleveden Road is a section of the Forth and Clyde Canal, the major transport waterway constructed in the late eighteenth century to connect the Firth of Forth with the Firth of Clyde. This stretch of canal, located in Dunbartonshire, forms part of the 35-mi…

Glasgow, remains of Bell's Pottery, Kyle Street
Scheduled monument · ~2.1 miles
Glasgow Cathedral, precinct and graveyard
Scheduled monument · ~2.4 miles
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