When did Milton take place?

Milton took place in an uncertain year, Scotland.

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

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Milton

Scotland

Era

Unknown Era

Battle Type

Pitched Battle

Location

Scotland

Status

Unregistered

The Battle

History & Significance

Milton 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 Milton lies on Strathmore Group, bedrock that formed in the Emsian. The rock here is sandstone with subordinate conglomerate, siltstone and mudstone.

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Overview

An interactive map of the location with every monument and battle plotted, and a plain-language history built only from what the record holds.

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

The protected sites nearby and the metal-detecting, access and treasure laws that apply to this ground.

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Target Zones

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Protected heritage nearby

Scheduled Monuments near Milton

Inchcailloch,church & burial ground,Loch Lomond

Scheduled monument · Medieval · ~2.4 mi

Inchcailloch church and burial ground is a medieval ecclesiastical site on an island in Loch Lomond, Stirlingshire. The monument comprises the remains of a church and its associated burial ground, situated on bedrock of the Highland Border Complex formed during the Ordovician period. The underlyi…

Strathcashell Point,cashel

Scheduled monument · ~3.7 mi

Strathcashell Point cashel is a dry-stone fortified settlement situated in Stirlingshire, Scotland. The monument stands on bedrock of the Southern Highland Group, geological formations of psammite and pelite laid down during the Middle Cambrian period, providing a naturally stable foundation for…

Knockinhaglish,church & cashel

Scheduled monument · Medieval · ~4.4 mi

Knockinhaglish Church and Cashel is a medieval ecclesiastical site in Stirlingshire, Scotland, comprising both a church structure and a cashel, or stone-built enclosure. The monument lies upon bedrock of the Stratheden Group, Late Devonian in age, composed of interbedded sandstone and conglomerat…

Inchmurrin Castle, castle and kiln-barn

Scheduled monument · Medieval · ~5.5 mi

Inchmurrin Castle is a medieval castle and kiln-barn situated in Dunbartonshire, Scotland. The monument occupies ground underlain by the Highland Border Complex, a geological formation of Ordovician age comprising serpentinite, metabasalt, marble, meta-limestone and psammite. This distinctive bed…

High Finnich,mound 640m S of

Scheduled monument · ~5.5 mi

High Finnich is a mound situated in Stirlingshire, Scotland, approximately 640 metres south of the settlement itself. The monument stands upon bedrock belonging to the Stratheden Group, a geological formation of Late Devonian age composed of interbedded sandstone and conglomerate. This stone foun…

Peel of Gartfarran,homestead moat 3200m NW of Buchlyvie

Scheduled monument · ~6.1 mi

Peel of Gartfarran is a homestead moat located 3.2 kilometres north-west of Buchlyvie in Stirlingshire, Scotland. The monument consists of a defensive water-filled ditch that once enclosed a dwelling and its associated farmyard, a fortified settlement type characteristic of lowland Scotland from…

Gartfairn, enclosure 100m WNW of

Scheduled monument · Post-Medieval · ~1.1 miles

Kilmaronock Castle

Scheduled monument · ~2 miles

In the same landscape

Battles near Milton

Siege of Dumbarton Castle (1489)

1489

~10.3 miles away

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Sources

Milton · Canmore

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