When did Mugdrum Island take place?

Mugdrum Island took place in an uncertain year, Scotland.

Who won Mugdrum Island?

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

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Unknown Era

Mugdrum Island

Scotland

Era

Unknown Era

Battle Type

Pitched Battle

Location

Scotland

Status

Unregistered

The Battle

History & Significance

Mugdrum Island 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 Mugdrum Island lies on Inverclyde Group, bedrock that formed in the Osagean. The rock here is sandstone, siltstone and mudstone.

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This page covers Mugdrum Island. A full Aubrey report for the area pulls together this battle alongside scheduled monuments and everything else the record holds within a few miles:

Overview

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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.

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 Mugdrum Island

Carpow,Roman fortress

Scheduled monument · Iron Age · ~0.8 mi

Carpow Roman fortress is a Iron Age and Roman military site situated in Perthshire, Scotland. The fortress occupies ground underlain by sandstone, siltstone and mudstone of the Inverclyde Group, bedrock formed during the Osagean period. Its location on these sedimentary deposits provides the stab…

Lindores Abbey

Scheduled monument · ~1.5 mi

Lindores Abbey is a Benedictine monastery founded in 1191 by David, Earl of Huntingdon, in Fife, Scotland. The abbey played a significant role in medieval Scottish religious and cultural life, and its monks were known for their scholarly activities and land management throughout the medieval peri…

Bubobubo2 / CC BY-SA 3.0 / Wikimedia Commons

Prehistoric settlement, 575m SSW of Clashbenny

Scheduled monument · ~1.6 mi

Prehistoric settlement 575m SSW of Clashbenny is a settlement of prehistoric date located in Perthshire, Scotland. The site lies on bedrock formed from the Stratheden Group, a Late Devonian sequence of interbedded sandstone and conglomerate that provides a stable foundation across this part of th…

Denmylne Castle 1600m SE of Newburgh

Scheduled monument · ~1.8 mi

Denmylne Castle is a ruined fortified structure located in Fife, southeast of Newburgh, dating from the medieval period. The monument consists of the remains of a defensive stone structure typical of Scottish baronial architecture, though significant portions have been lost to time and deteriorat…

The Grey Stone, standing stone and unenclosed settlement, 240m W of Keepers Cottage

Scheduled monument · Bronze Age · ~2.1 mi

The Grey Stone is a Bronze Age standing stone and unenclosed settlement located in Perthshire, Scotland, 240 metres west of Keepers Cottage. The monument comprises both a substantial upright stone and the remains of a prehistoric domestic settlement, representing two significant phases of activit…

Abernethy Round Tower and Pictish symbol stone

Scheduled monument · ~2.1 mi

Abernethy Round Tower is a pre-Romanesque stone tower of Early Medieval date, likely constructed in the tenth or eleventh century, located in Perthshire in central Scotland. The tower stands approximately seventy feet in height and exhibits the characteristic features of Irish-influenced round to…

Wester Clunie, unenclosed settlement 1000m ENE of

Scheduled monument · ~0.1 miles

Easter Clunie, unenclosed settlement 400m NW of

Scheduled monument · ~0.2 miles

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Mugdrum Island · Canmore

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