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Kinnell

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

History & Significance

Kinnell 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 Kinnell lies on Unnamed Extrusive Rocks, Silurian To Devonian, bedrock that formed in the Devonian. The rock here is mafic lava and mafic tuff.

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Battlefields
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Roman Britain
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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.
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Historical Maps
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Scheduled Monuments near Kinnell

Kinnells Mill,cairn
Kinnells Mill,cairn
Scheduled monument · ~0.3 mi

Kinnells Mill cairn is a prehistoric stone mound situated in Angus, Scotland. The monument sits upon bedrock composed of Silurian to Devonian extrusive rocks—ancient mafic lava and tuff formed during the Devonian period—which would have been exposed or thinly covered when the cairn was constructe…

Douglasmuir, roundhouse, enclosure and pits 560m NNW of
Douglasmuir, roundhouse, enclosure and pits 560m NNW of
Scheduled monument · Post-Medieval · ~0.7 mi

Douglasmuir is a post-medieval roundhouse, enclosure and pits located in Angus, Scotland, situated 560 metres north-northwest of the parish boundary. The monument lies on bedrock formed from the Arbuthnott-Garvock Group, a geological sequence of Pragian age comprising sandstone with subordinate c…

Boysack, barrow cemetery and enclosure 250m SW of Invergighty Cottage
Boysack, barrow cemetery and enclosure 250m SW of Invergighty Cottage
Scheduled monument · Post-Medieval · ~1.1 mi

Boysack is a post-medieval barrow cemetery and enclosure situated 250 metres south-west of Invergighty Cottage in Angus, Scotland. The monument lies upon Silurian to Devonian bedrock composed of mafic lava and tuff, volcanic rocks formed during the Devonian period that shape the underlying geolog…

Boysack, enclosures and unenclosed settlement 230m SW and 280m SSE of
Boysack, enclosures and unenclosed settlement 230m SW and 280m SSE of
Scheduled monument · Post-Medieval · ~1.6 mi

Boysack enclosures and unenclosed settlement is a post-medieval rural settlement located in Angus, Scotland, protected by Historic Environment Scotland under reference SM5986. The site comprises both enclosed and unenclosed elements distributed across the landscape, with structures positioned 230…

Chapelton,settlement 750m NW of
Chapelton,settlement 750m NW of
Scheduled monument · ~1.6 mi

Chapelton is a settlement located 750 metres north-west of Angus, Scotland, protected by Historic Environment Scotland under designation SM5987. The site occupies ground underlain by the Arbuttnott-Garvock Group, a geological formation of Pragian age comprising sandstone interbedded with conglome…

Leys of Boysack,palisaded enclosure 400m E of
Leys of Boysack,palisaded enclosure 400m E of
Scheduled monument · Post-Medieval · ~1.9 mi

Leys of Boysack is a post-medieval palisaded enclosure located in Angus, Scotland, approximately 400 metres east of Boysack. The monument comprises a defensive or demarcating structure built using timber palisading, a form of construction common in early modern rural settlement and fortification.…

Balneaves Cottage, cursus and settlement 200m SE of
Scheduled monument · ~0.5 miles
Milton of Guthrie, cursus NE of
Scheduled monument · ~0.6 miles
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Battles near Kinnell

Kinblethmont
~2.6 miles away
Arbikie, Black Laws
~3.6 miles away
Battle of Dun Nechtain
685
~5.6 miles away
Nechtansmere
~5.6 miles away
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