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Scotsburn

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

History & Significance

Scotsburn 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 Scotsburn lies on Middle Old Red Sandstone (Undifferentiated), bedrock that formed in the Middle Devonian. The rock here is conglomerate, sandstone, siltstone and mudstone.

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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.
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Scheduled Monuments near Scotsburn

Carn Liath,long cairn
Carn Liath,long cairn
Scheduled monument · Neolithic · ~2.4 mi

Carn Liath is a Neolithic long cairn situated in Ross-shire, Scotland. Built during the Neolithic period, roughly between 4000 and 3000 BCE, the monument belongs to a widespread tradition of communal burial and ceremonial architecture that spread across Britain and Ireland. Long cairns typically…

Upper Bogrow,settlement & field system
Upper Bogrow,settlement & field system
Scheduled monument · Post-Medieval · ~3.8 mi

Upper Bogrow is a post-medieval settlement and field system located in Ross-shire, Scotland. The settlement sits on bedrock of Middle Old Red Sandstone, formed during the Middle Devonian period, comprising conglomerate, sandstone, siltstone and mudstone. This geological foundation would have prov…

Stittenham House,chambered cairn 135m W of
Stittenham House,chambered cairn 135m W of
Scheduled monument · Neolithic · ~4.5 mi

Stittenham House is a Neolithic chambered cairn located in Ross-shire, Scotland, situated 135 metres west of Stittenham House itself. The monument dates to the Neolithic period, when such communal burial structures were constructed across Scotland as focal points for early farming communities. Ch…

St Ninian's Chapel,Nonakiln
St Ninian's Chapel,Nonakiln
Scheduled monument · ~4.6 mi

St Ninian's Chapel, Nonakiln is a nonakiln situated in Ross-shire, Scotland. Nonakilns are distinctive stone structures built to produce lime through the burning of limestone or shell-rich materials, with their characteristic oval or circular form designed to maximise heat retention and control t…

Clach a' Mheirlich, symbol stone
Clach a' Mheirlich, symbol stone
Scheduled monument · ~5 mi

Clach a' Mheirlich is a Pictish symbol stone located in Ross-shire, Scotland, dating to the early medieval period, likely between the sixth and eighth centuries. The stone bears carved symbols characteristic of Pictish art, including examples of the distinctive motifs employed by the Pictish peop…

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Easter Baldoon,chambered cairn 190m NNE of
Easter Baldoon,chambered cairn 190m NNE of
Scheduled monument · Neolithic · ~5.4 mi

Easter Baldoon is a Neolithic chambered cairn situated in Ross-shire, Scotland, approximately 190 metres north-north-east of a reference point in the local landscape. The monument belongs to a widespread class of prehistoric burial and ceremonial structures dating to the Neolithic period, when co…

Scotsburn House, chambered cairn 400m NNW of Scotsburn Bridge
Scheduled monument · Neolithic · ~0.3 miles
Scotsburn House,fort 580m W of
Scheduled monument · Iron Age · ~0.3 miles
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