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Tough Parish

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

History & Significance

Tough Parish 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 Tough Parish lies on Southern Highland Group, bedrock that formed in the Middle Cambrian. The rock here is psammite and pelite.

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Monuments
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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
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Scheduled Monuments near Tough Parish

Deer Park, stone circle 65m N of
Deer Park, stone circle 65m N of
Scheduled monument · Bronze Age · ~2.7 mi

Deer Park is a Bronze Age stone circle situated in Aberdeenshire, Scotland. The monument consists of standing stones arranged in a circular formation, a characteristic ritual landscape feature of the Bronze Age period across Britain and Ireland. Such circles typically served ceremonial, astronomi…

St Finian's Chapel, 85m E of Abersnithack Lodge
St Finian's Chapel, 85m E of Abersnithack Lodge
Scheduled monument · ~3.1 mi

St Finian's Chapel is a small medieval chapel situated 85 metres east of Abersnithack Lodge in Aberdeenshire, Scotland. The building stands on bedrock formed from an unnamed igneous intrusion of felsic rock, dating to the Early Devonian period. This geological foundation provided a naturally firm…

Cothiemuir Hill, stone circle
Cothiemuir Hill, stone circle
Scheduled monument · Bronze Age · ~3.3 mi

Cothiemuir Hill is a Bronze Age stone circle located in Aberdeenshire, Scotland, and is protected by Historic Environment Scotland under designation SM17. The monument stands on bedrock belonging to the Southern Highland Group, ancient metamorphic rocks of Middle Cambrian age comprising psammite…

North Strone, stone circle 200m SSW of
North Strone, stone circle 200m SSW of
Scheduled monument · Bronze Age · ~3.5 mi

North Strone is a Bronze Age stone circle located in Aberdeenshire, Scotland, some 200 metres south-south-west of the village. The monument stands upon bedrock of the Argyll Group, Neoproterozoic psammite, semipelite and pelite deposits that underlie much of the surrounding landscape. These metam…

Old Kirk of Tough, standing stone 165m N of Forkins of Midmar
Old Kirk of Tough, standing stone 165m N of Forkins of Midmar
Scheduled monument · Bronze Age · ~3.7 mi

Old Kirk of Tough is a Bronze Age standing stone located in Aberdeenshire, Scotland, situated 165 metres north of Forkins of Midmar. The monument is protected by Historic Environment Scotland under reference SM12010. Standing stones of this type were erected during the Bronze Age, typically servi…

Old Keig, stone circle 250m NW of
Old Keig, stone circle 250m NW of
Scheduled monument · Bronze Age · ~3.8 mi

Old Keig is a Bronze Age stone circle situated in Aberdeenshire, approximately 250 metres north-west of the settlement from which it takes its name. The monument stands upon bedrock of the Southern Highland Group, formed during the Middle Cambrian period and comprising alternating layers of psamm…

Luath's Stone, standing stone
Scheduled monument · Bronze Age · ~0.1 miles
Whitehill, stone circle, Bogmore Wood
Scheduled monument · Bronze Age · ~0.9 miles
In the same landscape

Battles near Tough Parish

Monymusk
~2.5 miles away
'Braes of Coolie'
~3.9 miles away
Battle of Alford 1645
1645
~4.8 miles away
Gillgerrie
~6.8 miles away
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