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North Brae, Barochan

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

History & Significance

North Brae, Barochan 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 North Brae, Barochan lies on Unnamed Extrusive Rocks, Dinantian, bedrock that formed in the Mississippian. The rock here is mafic lava and mafic tuff.

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Scheduled Monuments near North Brae, Barochan

Houston North Mound, 300m WSW of Greenhill Farm
Houston North Mound, 300m WSW of Greenhill Farm
Scheduled monument · ~1.5 mi

Houston North Mound is a prehistoric earthwork located in Renfrewshire, three hundred metres west-south-west of Greenhill Farm. The monument stands upon bedrock of Dinantian age, comprising unnamed extrusive rocks formed during the Mississippian period as mafic lava flows and mafic tuff deposits.…

Bishopton,aqueduct NW of
Bishopton,aqueduct NW of
Scheduled monument · ~1.9 mi

Bishopton Aqueduct is a water-conveyance structure located in Renfrewshire, Scotland, constructed across terrain underlain by Dinantian extrusive rocks of Mississippian age. These mafic lavas and tuffs form the bedrock foundation upon which the aqueduct was built, typical of the volcanic geology…

Fornet Cottage, crannog 290m N of
Fornet Cottage, crannog 290m N of
Scheduled monument · Iron Age–Medieval · ~2.3 mi

Fornet Cottage crannog is an Iron Age to medieval artificial island settlement located in Renfrewshire, Scotland. Crannogs of this period were typically constructed by building timber-framed structures on platforms within shallow lochs or wetland areas, providing defensive advantages and access t…

Steel Cottage, anti-aircraft battery 480m NW of
Steel Cottage, anti-aircraft battery 480m NW of
Scheduled monument · ~2.8 mi

Steel Cottage is an anti-aircraft battery located in Renfrewshire, Scotland, approximately 480 metres north-west of Steel Cottage itself. Built during the Second World War as part of Britain's air defence network, the battery represents the extensive fortification of the Scottish landscape agains…

Langbank, crannog 180m ENE of Clydeview
Langbank, crannog 180m ENE of Clydeview
Scheduled monument · Iron Age–Medieval · ~3.2 mi

Langbank crannog is a prehistoric and medieval artificial island settlement situated 180 metres east-north-east of Clydeview in Renfrewshire, Scotland. The structure was occupied from the Iron Age through to the medieval period, representing a long continuity of settlement on this freshwater loca…

Mar Hall, crannog 460m NE of
Mar Hall, crannog 460m NE of
Scheduled monument · Iron Age–Medieval · ~3.3 mi

Mar Hall crannog is an Iron Age to medieval loch dwelling located in Renfrewshire, Scotland, situated 460 metres north-east of Mar Hall itself. The monument represents a form of settlement strategy practised across northern Britain for over a thousand years, in which artificial or semi-artificial…

Barochan Hill, Roman fort 440m NNW of Barochan House
Scheduled monument · Iron Age · ~0.3 miles
Whitemoss Roman Fort, 175m SW of Rosarymount
Scheduled monument · ~1.6 miles
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Battles near North Brae, Barochan

High Lawfield
~2.3 miles away
Siege of Dumbarton
870
~3.1 miles away
Battle of Alclud Ford
580
~3.2 miles away
Siege of Dumbarton Castle (1489)
1489
~3.3 miles away
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