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Edingham Munitions Factory

Scotland
HES SM6789
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Scotland
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Overview

History & significance

Edingham Munitions Factory is a ancient monument in Scotland, designated as a Scheduled Ancient Monument under reference SM6789. The site is protected by law on account of its national importance to the archaeological and historical heritage of Scotland, and is managed by Historic Environment Scotland.

Edingham Munitions Factory is a scheduled monument protected by Historic Environment Scotland under reference SM6789. View the official record →

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Questions & answers

What is Edingham Munitions Factory?

Edingham Munitions Factory is a ancient monument in Scotland, designated as a Scheduled Ancient Monument under reference SM6789.

Who is responsible for protecting Edingham Munitions Factory?

Edingham Munitions Factory is a Scheduled Ancient Monument, legally protected by Historic Environment Scotland — the body responsible for designating and safeguarding heritage sites in Scotland. The official designation reference is SM6789.

What other scheduled monuments are near Edingham Munitions Factory?

Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Edingham Castle (0.6 km), Buittle Castle (2.7 km), Tarkirra,fort (3.3 km).

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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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Nearby

Other scheduled monuments within 10 km

Edingham Castle
0.6 km
Buittle Castle
2.7 km
Tarkirra,fort
Iron Age · Fort3.3 km
Redcastle, standing stone 275m ESE of Graham's Wood, Haugh of Urr
Bronze Age · Standing stone 275m ese of graham's wood, haugh of urr3.6 km
Mote of Urr,motte
Medieval · Motte3.8 km
Buittle Old Kirk
4.4 km
Moyle Hill, enclosure
Post-Medieval · Enclosure4.7 km
Castle Hill,fort,Castlegower
Iron Age · Fort,castlegower6.2 km
The ground beneath

The bedrock under Edingham Munitions Factory

Edingham Munitions Factory stands on Unnamed Igneous Intrusion, Late Silurian To Early Devonian, bedrock that formed in the Early Devonian. The rock here is felsic-rock.

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