When did Glenquicken Moor take place?

Glenquicken Moor took place in an uncertain year, Scotland.

Who won Glenquicken Moor?

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

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Glenquicken Moor

Scotland

Era

Unknown Era

Battle Type

Pitched Battle

Location

Scotland

Status

Unregistered

The Battle

History & Significance

Glenquicken Moor 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 Glenquicken Moor lies on Gala Group, bedrock that formed in the Telychian. The rock here is wacke.

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Roman Britain

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Stat Accounts

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Civil War

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Geology

The bedrock beneath the site, its age and rock type, reaching back hundreds of millions of years.

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Protected heritage nearby

Scheduled Monuments near Glenquicken Moor

Billy Diamond's Bridge, stone circle 300m SSE of, Glenquicken

Scheduled monument · Bronze Age · ~0.3 mi

The stone circle 300 metres south-south-east of Billy Diamond's Bridge is a Bronze Age monument located in Kirkcudbrightshire, in the rolling moorland landscape of south-west Scotland. The site stands on bedrock of the Gala Group, wacke deposits formed during the Telychian period of the Silurian…

Cambret Moor, cup and ring marked rock 590m SE of Cambret Hill

Scheduled monument · ~1.3 mi

Cambret Moor is a cup and ring marked rock located in Kirkcudbrightshire, south-west Scotland, situated 590 metres south-east of Cambret Hill. The rock sits upon bedrock of the Hawick Group, a wacke formation dating to the Wenlock period of the Silurian era, which provides a natural stone surface…

Cauldside Burn, cairns and stone circle SE of Cambret Hill

Scheduled monument · Bronze Age · ~1.4 mi

Cauldside Burn is a Bronze Age ceremonial site comprising cairns and a stone circle situated south-east of Cambret Hill in Kirkcudbrightshire. The monument lies on bedrock of the Hawick Group wacke, formed during the Wenlock period, geology typical of the southern uplands of Scotland. Such stone…

Pibble,lead mines

Scheduled monument · ~1.5 mi

Pibble Lead Mines is a lead mining site in Kirkcudbrightshire, Scotland, situated on bedrock of the Crawford Group and Moffat Shale Group. These Llandovery-age rocks, comprising mudstone, chert and smectite-claystone, underlie the mineralized veins that drew exploitation here. The geological foun…

Bagbie, cairn & stone setting 1200m NNE of

Scheduled monument · ~1.6 mi

Bagbie is a cairn and stone setting located in Kirkcudbrightshire in south-west Scotland, situated approximately 1200 metres north-north-east of the settlement from which it takes its name. The monument stands on bedrock of the Hawick Group, a sequence of wacke rocks formed during the Wenlock per…

Standing Stone of Bagbie, standing stone

Scheduled monument · Bronze Age · ~1.7 mi

Standing Stone of Bagbie is a Bronze Age standing stone located in Kirkcudbrightshire in south-western Scotland. The monument consists of a single upright stone, typical of ritual or territorial markers erected during the Bronze Age. The stone stands within a landscape of Hawick Group wacke bedro…

Claughreid, stone circle 600m NW of

Scheduled monument · Bronze Age · ~1.6 miles

Carsluith Castle

Scheduled monument · ~3 miles

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Glenquicken Moor · Canmore

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