When did St Andrews take place?

St Andrews took place in an uncertain year, Scotland.

The victor at St Andrews is disputed or unrecorded in the surviving sources.

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St Andrews

Scotland

Era

Unknown Era

Battle Type

Pitched Battle

Location

Scotland

Status

Unregistered

The Battle

History & Significance

St Andrews 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 St Andrews lies on Strathclyde Group, bedrock that formed in the Visean. The rock here is sedimentary rock cycles, strathclyde group type.

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Overview

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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.

Legal

The protected sites nearby and the metal-detecting, access and treasure laws that apply to this ground.

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Target Zones

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Protected heritage nearby

Scheduled Monuments near St Andrews

Pittarthie Castle

Scheduled monument · ~1.4 mi

Pittarthie Castle is a late medieval tower house located in Fife, Scotland. The structure dates to the sixteenth century and represents the domestic and defensive architecture typical of minor Scottish lairds during this period. The castle comprises a substantial stone-built tower with evidence o…

Peekie Bridge, bridge over Kenly Water 50m E of Peekie Mill

Scheduled monument · ~4.1 mi

Peekie Bridge is a bridge spanning the Kenly Water some 50 metres east of Peekie Mill in Fife, Scotland. The crossing sits above bedrock of the Strathclyde Group, sedimentary rock sequences deposited during the Visean period of the Carboniferous era, which form a stable foundation for structures…

Dominican Friary, 25m S of Blackfriars' Chapel, St Andrews

Scheduled monument · Medieval · ~4.1 mi

Dominican Friary, 25m S of Blackfriars' Chapel, St Andrews is a medieval religious house located in Fife, Scotland. The friary occupied land underlain by Strathclyde Group sedimentary rocks, formed during the Visean period. The site lies immediately south of Blackfriars' Chapel, a surviving struc…

St Andrews Cathedral and Priory and adjacent ecclesiastical remains

Scheduled monument · ~4.2 mi

St Andrews Cathedral and Priory is a major ecclesiastical complex in Fife, Scotland, comprising the ruins of one of medieval Scotland's most important religious establishments. Founded in the twelfth century, the priory served as the seat of the Augustinian canons regular and became closely assoc…

Flagstaff Hill barrow, 725m ENE of Blinkbonny

Scheduled monument · ~4.3 mi

Flagstaff Hill barrow is a Bronze Age burial mound situated 725 metres east-north-east of Blinkbonny in Fife, Scotland. The monument lies upon bedrock formed from a Permian pyroclastic intrusion, an igneous deposit that has weathered over millions of years to create the foundation of the surround…

St Andrews Castle

Scheduled monument · ~4.4 mi

St Andrews Castle is a ruined medieval fortress located in the town of St Andrews in Fife, Scotland. The castle was founded in the late 14th century, likely around 1385, and served as the principal residence of the Bishops and Archbishops of St Andrews, making it a seat of considerable ecclesiast…

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Drumcarrow Craig, broch

Scheduled monument · Iron Age · ~3.2 miles

Drumcarrow Craig, hut circles

Scheduled monument · ~3.4 miles

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St Andrews · Canmore

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