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English Civil War

Skirmish at Muirkirk

1683
Ayrshire, Scotland
Also known as: Conventicle fight near Muirkirk
Era
English Civil War
Battle Type
Skirmish
Location
Ayrshire, Scotland
Status
Unregistered
The Combatants

Who Fought

Victor
Indecisive
Outcome
Government patrol repulsed from armed conventicle; both sides withdrew.
The Battle

History & Significance

Skirmish at Muirkirk was a Civil War skirmish, fought at Ayrshire, Scotland in 1683. The victor was Indecisive. Government patrol repulsed from armed conventicle; both sides withdrew.

The ground

The ground they fought on

The site of Skirmish at Muirkirk lies on Clackmannan Group, bedrock that formed in the Westphalian. The rock here is sedimentary rock cycles, clackmannan group type.

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Scheduled Monuments near Skirmish at Muirkirk

Muirkirk, remains of tar works, mines and structures E of Garpel Water
Muirkirk, remains of tar works, mines and structures E of Garpel Water
Scheduled monument · ~1.1 mi

Muirkirk tar works is a remains of tar works, mines and structures situated east of Garpel Water in Ayrshire, Scotland. The site represents the industrial heritage of Scotland's eighteenth and nineteenth-century chemical manufacturing sector, when local coal and shale deposits were exploited to p…

Cairn Table,two cairns
Cairn Table,two cairns
Scheduled monument · ~2.3 mi

Cairn Table is a pair of prehistoric burial cairns situated in Lanarkshire, Scotland. The site consists of two distinct cairn structures, monuments typical of the Bronze Age burial landscape across upland Scotland. Their construction reflects the ceremonial practices of ancient communities who se…

Old Foundry Holm,ironworks
Old Foundry Holm,ironworks
Scheduled monument · ~3.6 mi

Old Foundry Holm ironworks is a historic industrial site in Ayrshire, Scotland, protected as a scheduled monument by Historic Environment Scotland. The foundry operated within the landscape of the lower Ayrshire valleys, where access to water power and local coal deposits made ironworking viable…

Cairn Kinny
Cairn Kinny
Scheduled monument · ~6.3 mi

Cairn Kinny is a scheduled monument located in Lanarkshire, Scotland. The site lies upon bedrock of the Lanark Group, Early Devonian in age, comprising interbedded sandstone and conglomerate that shapes the local landscape. This geological foundation influenced both the construction and survival…

Glen Garr,cairn
Glen Garr,cairn
Scheduled monument · ~7.1 mi

Glen Garr cairn is a prehistoric funerary monument located in Ayrshire, Scotland. Constructed from stone gathered from the surrounding landscape, the cairn sits upon bedrock of Silurian mudstone, siltstone and sandstone, which would have offered abundant material for its construction. The monumen…

St Connel's Church and graveyard
St Connel's Church and graveyard
Scheduled monument · ~7.6 mi

St Connel's Church and graveyard is a scheduled monument in Dumfriesshire, protected by Historic Environment Scotland. The site occupies ground underlain by the Scottish Coal Measures Group, a geological formation dating to the Moscovian period and comprising mudstone, siltstone, sandstone, coal,…

Glenbuck Ironworks, 470m NW of Glenbuck Home Farm
Scheduled monument · ~3.5 miles
Chapelhouse,chapel and farmstead
Scheduled monument · Medieval · ~4.1 miles
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