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Battle of Pitreavie

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

History & Significance

Battle of Pitreavie 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 Battle of Pitreavie lies on Clackmannan Group, bedrock that formed in the Westphalian. The rock here is sedimentary rock cycles, clackmannan group type.

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Roman Britain
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Scheduled Monuments near Battle of Pitreavie

North Wood, Dunfermline, cairn 140m NNW of crematorium
North Wood, Dunfermline, cairn 140m NNW of crematorium
Scheduled monument · Iron Age · ~0.6 mi

North Wood, Dunfermline, is a cairn located 140 metres north-north-west of Dunfermline Crematorium in Fife, Scotland. The monument is protected as a scheduled monument by Historic Environment Scotland under reference SM8556. Dating to the Iron Age, it represents an important funerary structure fr…

Middlebank House, souterrain 370m ENE of
Middlebank House, souterrain 370m ENE of
Scheduled monument · Iron Age · ~0.8 mi

Middlebank House souterrain is an Iron Age underground stone-built structure situated 370 metres east-north-east of Middlebank House in Fife. The monument survives as a partially preserved passage chamber, typical of souterrains constructed during the later Iron Age across eastern Scotland. These…

Balbougie, enclosed settlement 310m NNE of
Balbougie, enclosed settlement 310m NNE of
Scheduled monument · ~1.5 mi

Balbougie is an enclosed settlement situated in Fife, Scotland, standing on bedrock formed from a Carboniferous to Permian mafic igneous intrusion. The dark volcanic rock underlying the site would have presented particular challenges to its builders, who would have needed to work with the natural…

Rosyth Castle Dovecot
Rosyth Castle Dovecot
Scheduled monument · ~1.6 mi

Rosyth Castle Dovecot is a sixteenth-century stone structure located within the policies of Rosyth Castle in Fife, Scotland. The dovecot is a rectangular building constructed in rubble masonry, designed to house pigeons which provided a valuable source of fresh meat and fertiliser for the castle…

Rosyth Castle
Rosyth Castle
Scheduled monument · ~1.7 mi

Rosyth Castle is a fifteenth-century fortress situated on the Firth of Forth in Fife, Scotland. Built by the Scottish Crown in the 1420s, the castle comprises a distinctive L-shaped tower house constructed of rubble masonry, representing a significant example of late medieval Scottish military ar…

Dunfermline Abbey, Nether Yett, 10m NNE of Old Kirk Cottage
Dunfermline Abbey, Nether Yett, 10m NNE of Old Kirk Cottage
Scheduled monument · ~2.3 mi

Dunfermline Abbey is a Benedictine monastery founded in the eleventh century by Queen Margaret of Scotland, establishing one of medieval Scotland's most important religious and political centres. The abbey church, begun around 1150, became the burial place of Scottish kings and queens, including…

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Easter Pitcorthie, standing stone, Standing Stone Walk, Dunfermline
Scheduled monument · Bronze Age · ~1.1 miles
Perdieus Mount, motte, Dunfermline
Scheduled monument · Iron Age · ~2.1 miles
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