When did Kintore take place?

Kintore took place in an uncertain year, Scotland.

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

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Unknown Era

Kintore

Scotland

Era

Unknown Era

Battle Type

Pitched Battle

Location

Scotland

Status

Unregistered

The Battle

History & Significance

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

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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

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Protected heritage nearby

Scheduled Monuments near Kintore

Kintore, symbol stone near church

Scheduled monument · Medieval · ~0.3 mi

Kintore symbol stone near church is a medieval carved stone monument located in Aberdeenshire, Scotland, and protected as a Scheduled Monument by Historic Environment Scotland. The stone displays symbolic carvings characteristic of medieval Scottish monuments and stands in close association with…

Tuach Hill, stone circle and enclosure 130m SW of Gallow Top

Scheduled monument · Bronze Age · ~0.5 mi

Tuach Hill is a bronze age stone circle and enclosure situated in Aberdeenshire, Scotland, 130 metres south-west of Gallow Top. The monument stands upon bedrock of Silurian felsic igneous intrusion, part of the ancient igneous suite that characterises this region of north-east Scotland. This geol…

Aberdeenshire Canal, remains of, NW of Brae of Kintore

Scheduled monument · ~0.8 mi

Aberdeenshire Canal, remains of, is a fragmentary section of one of Scotland's nineteenth-century inland waterways, located northwest of Brae of Kintore in Aberdeenshire. The canal was engineered to facilitate goods transport across the region during the period of rapid industrial expansion. The…

Castle of Hallforest

Scheduled monument · ~0.9 mi

Castle of Hallforest is a ruined castle located in Aberdeenshire, Scotland. The castle dates from the medieval period and represents a modest fortified residence typical of northeastern Scottish baronial architecture. The site comprises the remains of a stone-built structure, though its exact dat…

Valleyview, cairn 90m ENE of

Scheduled monument · ~0.9 mi

Valleyview is a cairn situated in Aberdeenshire, north-east Scotland, protected as a scheduled monument by Historic Environment Scotland. The monument stands on bedrock formed by an unnamed igneous intrusion of Silurian age, composed of felsic rock that crystallised during the late Palaeozoic. Th…

Standing stone, 60m WNW of Ferneybrae Croft

Scheduled monument · ~1.2 mi

# Standing Stone, Ferneybrae This standing stone lies 60 metres west-north-west of Ferneybrae Croft in Aberdeenshire, occupying ground where ancient felsic igneous rock of Silurian age underlies the surface. The monument is protected as a scheduled monument under the Historic Environment Scotland…

Deer's Den, roundhouses 195m and 250m S of

Scheduled monument · ~0.4 miles

Midmill,long cairn,400m SSE of Tuach Hill

Scheduled monument · Neolithic · ~0.6 miles

In the same landscape

Battles near Kintore

Battle of Inverurie (1745)

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Kintore · Canmore

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