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Hillhead

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

History & Significance

Hillhead 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 Hillhead lies on Unnamed Igneous Intrusion, Ordovician To Silurian, bedrock that formed in the Silurian. The rock here is mafic igneous-rock.

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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
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
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Scheduled Monuments near Hillhead

Mounie Castle,symbol stone 15m S of
Mounie Castle,symbol stone 15m S of
Scheduled monument · ~1.1 mi

Mounie Castle symbol stone is a Pictish carved stone located in Aberdeenshire, Scotland. The monument stands 15 metres south of Mounie Castle itself and is protected by Historic Environment Scotland as a scheduled monument under reference SM3957. Symbol stones of this type are characteristic prod…

New Craig, cupmarked boulder 230m WNW of
New Craig, cupmarked boulder 230m WNW of
Scheduled monument · ~1.6 mi

New Craig is a cupmarked boulder situated in Aberdeenshire, Scotland, approximately 230 metres west-north-west of a named location. The monument comprises a single stone bearing a series of deliberately carved cup-shaped depressions, a distinctive form of rock art produced during the Neolithic an…

Mains of Balquhain,stone circle 715m NE of
Mains of Balquhain,stone circle 715m NE of
Scheduled monument · Bronze Age · ~2.3 mi

Mains of Balquhain is a Bronze Age stone circle situated in Aberdeenshire, Scotland, approximately 715 metres northeast of the settlement of Balquhain. The monument comprises a ring of standing stones typical of the Bronze Age ceremonial and ritual landscapes that characterise northeast Scotland.…

Balquhain Castle
Balquhain Castle
Scheduled monument · ~2.7 mi

Balquhain Castle is a sixteenth-century tower house located in Aberdeenshire, in the northeast of Scotland. The castle represents the characteristic defensive architecture of the Scottish baronial period, comprising a rectangular stone tower with walls of substantial thickness typical of fortifie…

Hillhead of Barra, standing stone 240m W of
Hillhead of Barra, standing stone 240m W of
Scheduled monument · Bronze Age · ~2.7 mi

Hillhead of Barra is a Bronze Age standing stone located in Aberdeenshire, Scotland, situated 240 metres west of the settlement from which it takes its name. The monument stands upon bedrock of the Argyll Group, a Neoproterozoic formation comprising psammite, semipelite and pelite deposits that u…

Brandsbutt Stone, symbol stone
Brandsbutt Stone, symbol stone
Scheduled monument · ~3 mi

Brandsbutt Stone is a Pictish symbol stone of the early medieval period, dating to approximately the 6th to 8th centuries AD. The monument stands in Aberdeenshire and bears carved symbols characteristic of Pictish art, including Class I symbol stones that display non-figurative designs incised in…

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Loanhead, stone circle and enclosed cremation cemetery
Scheduled monument · Bronze Age · ~1.1 miles
Newcraig,stone circle 200m W of
Scheduled monument · Bronze Age · ~1.6 miles
In the same landscape

Battles near Hillhead

Mons Graupius Chariot Engagement 83 AD
83
~1.8 miles away
Battle of Harlaw
1411
~2.1 miles away
Battle of Barra
~2.5 miles away
North Mains of Barra
~2.6 miles away
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