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New Sauchie

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

History & Significance

New Sauchie 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 New Sauchie 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
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Battlefields
The battles and sieges fought on this ground, mapped and set on a timeline of the wider conflict.
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.
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Scheduled Monuments near New Sauchie

Alloa,old parish church
Alloa,old parish church
Scheduled monument · Medieval · ~0.9 mi

Alloa Old Parish Church is a medieval parish church located in Clackmannanshire, Scotland. The building stands on bedrock of the Scottish Coal Measures Group, a geological formation from the Moscovian period comprising mudstone, siltstone, sandstone, coal, ironstone and ferricrete. This solid fou…

Parkmill, cross slab 150m NE of 2 Carnach
Parkmill, cross slab 150m NE of 2 Carnach
Scheduled monument · ~1.1 mi

Parkmill Cross Slab is a cross slab located 150 metres north-east of 2 Carnach in Clackmannanshire, Scotland. The monument stands on bedrock formed from the Scottish Coal Measures Group, a geological sequence of mudstone, siltstone, sandstone, coal, ironstone and ferricrete laid down during the M…

Sauchie Tower, tower and house
Sauchie Tower, tower and house
Scheduled monument · ~1.1 mi

Sauchie Tower is a late medieval fortified tower house located near Alloa in Clackmannanshire, Scotland. The structure dates from the sixteenth century and exemplifies the defensive domestic architecture characteristic of the Scottish lowlands during this period. The tower retains substantial por…

Tullibody,old parish church
Tullibody,old parish church
Scheduled monument · Medieval · ~2 mi

Tullibody old parish church is a medieval parish church situated in Clackmannanshire, Scotland. The building stands upon bedrock of the Clackmannan Group, sedimentary rocks formed during the Westphalian period, which underlies much of the local landscape. This geological foundation is characteris…

Dun, 680m SW from summit of Myreton Hill
Dun, 680m SW from summit of Myreton Hill
Scheduled monument · ~3.3 mi

Myreton Hill Dun is a prehistoric defensive settlement located 680 metres south-west of the summit of Myreton Hill in Clackmannanshire. The dun occupies a strategic position on bedrock of the Arbuthnott-Garvock Group, Pragian sandstone intermixed with conglomerate, siltstone and mudstone, typical…

Kennetpans Distillery,Clackmannan
Kennetpans Distillery,Clackmannan
Scheduled monument · ~3.5 mi

Kennetpans Distillery is a distillery site located in Clackmannanshire, Scotland, with origins in the eighteenth century when whisky production became established in this region. The site represents the industrial heritage of Clackmannanshire during the period when distilling was developing as a…

Hawk Hill cairn
Scheduled monument · ~0.7 miles
Windmill,dovecot,New Sauchie
Scheduled monument · ~0.8 miles
In the same landscape

Battles near New Sauchie

Blackburn
~18.8 miles away
Newbridge
~19.6 miles away
Airdrie, Battle of Aerderyth
~20.3 miles away
Anglo-Swedish skirmish (1695)
1695
~21.2 miles away
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