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Poltalloch Estate

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

History & Significance

Poltalloch Estate 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 Poltalloch Estate lies on Unnamed Igneous Intrusion, Neoproterozoic, bedrock that formed in the Neoproterozoic. The rock here is mafic igneous-rock.

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Roman Britain
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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 Poltalloch Estate

Poltalloch,cup & ring marked rock SW of
Poltalloch,cup & ring marked rock SW of
Scheduled monument · ~0.3 mi

Poltalloch cup and ring marked rock SW of is a Bronze Age decorated outcrop situated in Argyllshire, Scotland. The rock bears the characteristic motifs of prehistoric cup and ring art: small circular depressions surrounded by concentric rings pecked into the stone surface. These enigmatic designs…

Barsloisnach, two cists 230m ESE of
Barsloisnach, two cists 230m ESE of
Scheduled monument · Bronze Age · ~0.3 mi

Barsloisnach, two cists 230 metres east-south-east of, is a Bronze Age burial monument situated in Argyllshire, Scotland. The site consists of two stone burial cists, characteristic of funerary practices in northern Britain during the Bronze Age, a period spanning roughly 2200 to 800 BC. Such pai…

Kilchoan Lodge,chambered cairn
Kilchoan Lodge,chambered cairn
Scheduled monument · Neolithic · ~0.3 mi

Kilchoan Lodge is a Neolithic chambered cairn located in Argyllshire, Scotland, and is protected as a scheduled monument by Historic Environment Scotland. The monument sits upon bedrock of the Argyll Group, a Neoproterozoic formation of marble and meta-limestone that would have been partially vis…

Duntroon, fort 140m N of Duntroon Lodge
Duntroon, fort 140m N of Duntroon Lodge
Scheduled monument · Iron Age · ~0.4 mi

Duntroon is an Iron Age fort located 140 metres north of Duntroon Lodge in Argyllshire, Scotland. The site occupies a naturally defensible position underlain by Neoproterozoic mafic igneous bedrock, part of an unnamed intrusion that would have provided the fort-builders with stone for constructio…

Poltalloch,cup & ring marked rock 225m N of
Poltalloch,cup & ring marked rock 225m N of
Scheduled monument · ~0.6 mi

Poltalloch cup and ring marked rock is a Bronze Age rock art site located in Argyllshire, Scotland, situated approximately 225 metres north of Poltalloch. The rock bears the characteristic cup and ring motifs typical of prehistoric rock art found across Britain and Ireland during the Bronze Age,…

Rowanfield Cottage,cist 275m SW of
Rowanfield Cottage,cist 275m SW of
Scheduled monument · Bronze Age · ~0.7 mi

Rowanfield Cottage cist is a Bronze Age stone burial chamber located in Argyllshire, Scotland, 275 metres south-west of Rowanfield Cottage. The monument consists of a stone-built cist, a type of burial box constructed from flat stone slabs, characteristic of funerary practice during the Bronze Ag…

Poltalloch,standing stone 500m WSW of East Lodge
Scheduled monument · Bronze Age · ~0.7 miles
Lady's Seat,cairn 420m WNW of Ballygowan
Scheduled monument · ~1.2 miles
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Battles near Poltalloch Estate

Gocumgo, Clachandubh
~5.3 miles away
Battle of Amara
1915
~5.8 miles away
Ath Mhic Mhartein
~6 miles away
Druim Righ, Barbreck
~6.7 miles away
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