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Monymusk

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

History & Significance

Monymusk 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 Monymusk 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
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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.
Local Names
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Historical Maps
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Scheduled Monuments near Monymusk

Deer Park, stone circle 65m N of
Deer Park, stone circle 65m N of
Scheduled monument · Bronze Age · ~0.5 mi

Deer Park is a Bronze Age stone circle situated in Aberdeenshire, Scotland. The monument consists of standing stones arranged in a circular formation, a characteristic ritual landscape feature of the Bronze Age period across Britain and Ireland. Such circles typically served ceremonial, astronomi…

St Finian's Chapel, 85m E of Abersnithack Lodge
St Finian's Chapel, 85m E of Abersnithack Lodge
Scheduled monument · ~1.4 mi

St Finian's Chapel is a small medieval chapel situated 85 metres east of Abersnithack Lodge in Aberdeenshire, Scotland. The building stands on bedrock formed from an unnamed igneous intrusion of felsic rock, dating to the Early Devonian period. This geological foundation provided a naturally firm…

Woodend, standing stone 320m N of
Woodend, standing stone 320m N of
Scheduled monument · Bronze Age · ~2.1 mi

Woodend is a Bronze Age standing stone located in Aberdeenshire, Scotland, situated 320 metres north of the village from which it takes its name. The monument stands upon bedrock formed from an unnamed igneous intrusion of Silurian age, composed of felsic rock that underlies this upland landscape…

Lang Stane o'Craigearn, standing stone 50m N of Littlewood Cottage
Lang Stane o'Craigearn, standing stone 50m N of Littlewood Cottage
Scheduled monument · Bronze Age · ~2.7 mi

Lang Stane o'Craigearn is a Bronze Age standing stone situated some fifty metres north of Littlewood Cottage in Aberdeenshire. The monument stands upon bedrock formed from a Silurian felsic igneous intrusion, part of the ancient geological foundation that characterises this region of northeast Sc…

Chapel o' Sink Cairn, cairn
Chapel o' Sink Cairn, cairn
Scheduled monument · ~2.9 mi

Chapel o' Sink Cairn is a cairn located in Aberdeenshire, Scotland. It sits upon bedrock of the Argyll Group, a Neoproterozoic formation comprising psammite, semipelite and pelite – metamorphic rocks formed from ancient sediments. This geological foundation provides the stone-built structure with…

Woodend, cairn and cross-incised stone 550m SSW of
Woodend, cairn and cross-incised stone 550m SSW of
Scheduled monument · ~3.8 mi

Woodend is a Neolithic or Bronze Age cairn situated in Aberdeenshire, Scotland, approximately 550 metres south-south-west of the settlement. The monument comprises a burial mound accompanied by a cross-incised stone, typical of funerary practices in northern Scotland during the prehistoric period…

Tombeg, standing stone 90m WSW of
Scheduled monument · Bronze Age · ~0.5 miles
Abersnithack Lodge, enclosure 165m N of
Scheduled monument · Post-Medieval · ~1.5 miles
In the same landscape

Battles near Monymusk

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~2.5 miles away
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