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Hawking Craig

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

History & Significance

Hawking Craig 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 Hawking Craig lies on Stratheden Group, bedrock that formed in the Late Devonian. The rock here is sandstone and conglomerate, interbedded.

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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
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Scheduled Monuments near Hawking Craig

Auld Hill,fort,Portencross
Auld Hill,fort,Portencross
Scheduled monument · Iron Age · ~0.9 mi

Auld Hill is a fort located on the Ayrshire coast near Portencross in south-western Scotland. The site is protected as a scheduled monument by Historic Environment Scotland. The fort is constructed upon bedrock belonging to the Arbuthnott-Garvock Group, a geological formation of Pragian age compr…

Little Cumbrae Castle
Little Cumbrae Castle
Scheduled monument · ~1.6 mi

Little Cumbrae Castle is a ruined fortification located on the island of Little Cumbrae in the Firth of Clyde, Scotland. The castle dates from the medieval period, though the precise chronology of its construction and phases of occupation remain incompletely documented in the scholarly record. Th…

Fairlie Castle
Fairlie Castle
Scheduled monument · ~3.4 mi

Fairlie Castle is a late medieval fortified residence located in North Ayrshire, Scotland. The castle dates to the 15th or 16th century and comprises a substantial stone-built structure characteristic of Scottish baronial architecture of that period. The monument stands as evidence of the defensi…

Blackshaw Quarry,cup & ring marked rock 320m S of
Blackshaw Quarry,cup & ring marked rock 320m S of
Scheduled monument · ~3.6 mi

Blackshaw Quarry cup and ring marked rock is a prehistoric carved stone located in Ayrshire, Scotland, situated some 320 metres south of Blackshaw Quarry. The rock bears cup and ring markings, a form of rock art created by Bronze Age communities across Britain and Ireland. These designs, comprisi…

Knock Jargon,cairn & fort
Knock Jargon,cairn & fort
Scheduled monument · Iron Age · ~4.1 mi

Knock Jargon is a Iron Age cairn and fort located in Ayrshire, Scotland, and protected as a scheduled monument by Historic Environment Scotland. The site occupies bedrock composed of Dinantian extrusive rocks—mafic lava and tuff formed during the Mississippian period—which provided a naturally de…

St Blane's church,monastery and 'the cauldron',Bute
St Blane's church,monastery and 'the cauldron',Bute
Scheduled monument · ~5.5 mi

St Blane's Church, Monastery and 'The Cauldron', Bute is a substantial monastic complex occupying a prominent position on the island of Bute. The site comprises the remains of a medieval church and associated monastic buildings, together with a natural rock formation known as 'The Cauldron', whic…

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Portencross Castle
Scheduled monument · ~1.1 miles
Castle Knowe,motte
Scheduled monument · Medieval · ~1.6 miles
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