When did Huntly Hill take place?

Huntly Hill took place in an uncertain year, Scotland.

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

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Unknown Era

Huntly Hill

Scotland

Era

Unknown Era

Battle Type

Pitched Battle

Location

Scotland

Status

Unregistered

The Battle

History & Significance

Huntly Hill 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 Huntly Hill lies on Arbuthnott-Garvock Group, bedrock that formed in the Pragian. The rock here is sandstone with subordinate conglomerate, siltstone and mudstone.

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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 Huntly Hill

Keithock, Roman camp N of East Mains of Keithock

Scheduled monument · Roman · ~0.9 mi

Keithock Roman camp is a Roman military installation situated north of East Mains of Keithock in Angus, Scotland. The site lies upon Strathmore Group bedrock, Emsian sandstone with subordinate conglomerate, siltstone and mudstone deposits that form the underlying geology of this region. The camp…

Capo Plantation, long barrow

Scheduled monument · ~2 mi

Capo Plantation is a long barrow situated in Kincardineshire, Scotland. This Neolithic monument comprises an earthen mound constructed to cover and contain burials, a characteristic form of communal tomb built across Britain and Ireland between approximately 4000 and 3000 BC. The barrow lies upon…

Church of Pert, church and burial ground

Scheduled monument · Medieval · ~2.4 mi

Church of Pert is a medieval church and burial ground located in Angus, Scotland. The site occupies sandstone bedrock of the Strathmore Group, deposited during the Emsian period of the Early Devonian, which has weathered into the gentle agricultural landscape characteristic of this region. The ch…

Brechin,Maison Dieu Chapel

Scheduled monument · Medieval · ~2.5 mi

Brechin Maison Dieu Chapel is a medieval charitable chapel located in Angus, Scotland. Maisons Dieu, or 'Houses of God', were religious hospices established to provide shelter and care for pilgrims, the poor and the sick during the medieval period. These modest but essential institutions reflecte…

Brechin Cathedral Round Tower

Scheduled monument · ~2.6 mi

Brechin Cathedral Round Tower is a Romanesque round tower of twelfth-century date, forming part of the cathedral complex in Brechin, Angus. The tower stands approximately 85 feet high and is distinguished by its round stone construction, a form characteristic of Irish-influenced ecclesiastical ar…

Arrat, burial ground and hospital 65m E of Magdalene's Chapel Cottage

Scheduled monument · Medieval · ~3.2 mi

Arrat is a medieval burial ground and hospital situated 65 metres east of Magdalene's Chapel Cottage in Angus, Scotland. The site occupies land underlain by sandstone and associated sedimentary deposits of the Arbuttnott-Garvock Group, Pragian in age, which would have provided a relatively stable…

Templewood,cairn 600m NE of

Scheduled monument · ~0.3 miles

Ballownie,mound 100m NE of

Scheduled monument · ~1.2 miles

In the same landscape

Battles near Huntly Hill

Skirmish at Brechin 1689

1689

~2.6 miles away

Action at Brechin 1639

1639

~2.6 miles away

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Huntly Hill · Canmore

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