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Spear Mill

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

History & Significance

Spear Mill 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 Spear Mill lies on Arbuthnott-Garvock Group, bedrock that formed in the Pragian. The rock here is sandstone with subordinate conglomerate, siltstone and mudstone.

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Battlefields
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Roman Britain
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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
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Historical Maps
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Protected heritage nearby

Scheduled Monuments near Spear Mill

Marykirk,old parish church and burial ground
Marykirk,old parish church and burial ground
Scheduled monument · Medieval · ~0.5 mi

Marykirk Old Parish Church and Burial Ground is a medieval ecclesiastical site located in Kincardineshire, Scotland. The church and its associated burial ground occupy ground formed from the Arbuthnott-Garvock Group, a geological formation of Pragian-age sandstone interbedded with conglomerate, s…

Glenskinno,burial mound 50m E of
Glenskinno,burial mound 50m E of
Scheduled monument · ~2.6 mi

Glenskinno is a burial mound situated in Angus, Scotland, lying approximately fifty metres east of the settlement from which it takes its name. The monument occupies ground underlain by Silurian to Devonian extrusive rocks, specifically mafic lava and tuff formed during the Devonian period. This…

Church of Pert, church and burial ground
Church of Pert, church and burial ground
Scheduled monument · Medieval · ~2.6 mi

Church of Pert is a medieval church and burial ground located in Angus, Scotland. The site occupies sandstone bedrock of the Strathmore Group, deposited during the Emsian period of the Early Devonian, which has weathered into the gentle agricultural landscape characteristic of this region. The ch…

Dubton,unenclosed settlement 200m ENE of
Dubton,unenclosed settlement 200m ENE of
Scheduled monument · ~2.8 mi

Dubton is an unenclosed settlement located approximately two hundred metres east-north-east of Dubton in Angus, Scotland. The site represents a prehistoric or early historic settlement pattern characteristic of northern Britain, comprising scattered domestic structures without formal defensive or…

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Dun, Roman camp, prehistoric settlement and enclosure, Park House
Dun, Roman camp, prehistoric settlement and enclosure, Park House
Scheduled monument · Roman · ~3.4 mi

Park House is a multi-period settlement site near Angus, Scotland, occupying a landscape of Late Devonian sandstone and conglomerate bedrock. The monument encompasses evidence of human occupation spanning from prehistory through the Roman period. The stratified geological foundation of interbedde…

Gallows Knowe, cairn 340m S of House of Dun
Gallows Knowe, cairn 340m S of House of Dun
Scheduled monument · Iron Age · ~3.6 mi

Gallows Knowe is a Iron Age cairn located 340 metres south of House of Dun in Angus, Scotland. The monument sits on bedrock formed during the Devonian period, comprising mafic lava and tuff that create a distinctive geological foundation for this ancient structure. Built during the Iron Age, the…

Canterland,cairn N of
Scheduled monument · ~0.9 miles
Church of Logie, church and burial ground 210m NE of Mains of Logie
Scheduled monument · Medieval · ~1.3 miles
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