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Kirkconnel Parish

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

History & Significance

Kirkconnel Parish 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 Kirkconnel Parish lies on Scottish Coal Measures Group, bedrock that formed in the Moscovian. The rock here is mudstone, siltstone, sandstone, coal, ironstone and ferricrete.

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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.
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The protected sites nearby and the metal-detecting, access and treasure laws that apply to this ground.
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Scheduled Monuments near Kirkconnel Parish

St Connel's Church and graveyard
St Connel's Church and graveyard
Scheduled monument · ~1.2 mi

St Connel's Church and graveyard is a scheduled monument in Dumfriesshire, protected by Historic Environment Scotland. The site occupies ground underlain by the Scottish Coal Measures Group, a geological formation dating to the Moscovian period and comprising mudstone, siltstone, sandstone, coal,…

Orchard,cross socket
Orchard,cross socket
Scheduled monument · ~2.7 mi

Orchard Cross Socket is a cross socket located in Dumfriesshire, Scotland, and is protected by Historic Environment Scotland as a scheduled monument under reference SM679. Cross sockets are stone features consisting of a shaped base with a socket or aperture designed to receive the wooden shaft o…

Kemps Castle,fort 320m SW of Euchan Bridge
Kemps Castle,fort 320m SW of Euchan Bridge
Scheduled monument · Iron Age · ~3.8 mi

Kemps Castle is an Iron Age fort situated 320 metres south-west of Euchan Bridge in Dumfriesshire, Scotland. The site occupies bedrock of the Scottish Coal Measures Group, a sequence of mudstone, siltstone, sandstone and ironstone formations dating to the Moscovian epoch. These underlying deposit…

Ryehill,motte
Ryehill,motte
Scheduled monument · Medieval · ~4.7 mi

Ryehill Motte is a medieval motte located in Dumfriesshire, Scotland, protected as a scheduled monument by Historic Environment Scotland. The earthwork rises from bedrock of the Scottish Coal Measures Group, a Carboniferous sequence of mudstones, siltstones and sandstones interbedded with coal se…

Cairn Kinny
Cairn Kinny
Scheduled monument · ~5.4 mi

Cairn Kinny is a scheduled monument located in Lanarkshire, Scotland. The site lies upon bedrock of the Lanark Group, Early Devonian in age, comprising interbedded sandstone and conglomerate that shapes the local landscape. This geological foundation influenced both the construction and survival…

Cairn Table,two cairns
Cairn Table,two cairns
Scheduled monument · ~6.4 mi

Cairn Table is a pair of prehistoric burial cairns situated in Lanarkshire, Scotland. The site consists of two distinct cairn structures, monuments typical of the Bronze Age burial landscape across upland Scotland. Their construction reflects the ceremonial practices of ancient communities who se…

Crichton Peel & Sanquhar Castle
Scheduled monument · ~4.1 miles
Kyle Castle,200m E of Dalblair
Scheduled monument · ~6.6 miles
In the same landscape

Battles near Kirkconnel Parish

Skirmish at Muirkirk
1683
~8.5 miles away
Aird's Moss, Covenanters Monument
1680
~9.6 miles away
Battle of Airds Moss 1680
1680
~10.7 miles away
Battle of Drumlanrig
1548
~11.4 miles away
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