When did Aberdeenshire take place?

Aberdeenshire took place in an uncertain year, Scotland.

Who won Aberdeenshire?

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

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Unknown Era

Aberdeenshire

Scotland

Era

Unknown Era

Battle Type

Pitched Battle

Location

Scotland

Status

Unregistered

The Battle

History & Significance

Aberdeenshire 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 Aberdeenshire lies on Unnamed Igneous Intrusion, Ordovician To Silurian, bedrock that formed in the Silurian. The rock here is mafic igneous-rock.

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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.

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

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Protected heritage nearby

Scheduled Monuments near Aberdeenshire

Candle Hill,stone circle 600m SE of Old Rayne

Scheduled monument · Bronze Age · ~1.8 mi

Candle Hill is a Bronze Age stone circle situated 600 metres south-east of Old Rayne in Aberdeenshire. The monument stands on bedrock formed from a Silurian mafic igneous intrusion, part of the Ordovician to Silurian geological sequence that underlies this part of north-east Scotland. This igneou…

Old Rayne, episcopal manse and moat 45m ENE of Old Rayne School

Scheduled monument · ~1.8 mi

Old Rayne episcopal manse and moat is a medieval ecclesiastical site located 45 metres east-north-east of Old Rayne School in Aberdeenshire. The monument comprises a substantial mound and associated defensive ditch, characteristic of moated sites of the 12th to 16th centuries. The site rests upon…

Black Cairn, cairn 990m NW of Tocherford

Scheduled monument · ~2.4 mi

Black Cairn is a cairn situated on the moorland 990 metres north-west of Tocherford in Aberdeenshire. The monument stands on bedrock of the Southern Highland Group, a formation of metamorphic psammite and pelite rock dating to the Middle Cambrian period. This ancient geological base underlies the…

Hatton of Ardoyne,stone circle 350m SE of

Scheduled monument · Bronze Age · ~3.2 mi

Hatton of Ardoyne is a Bronze Age stone circle located in Aberdeenshire, Scotland, approximately 350 metres south-east of the settlement from which it takes its name. The monument stands upon bedrock formed from an unnamed mafic igneous intrusion of Silurian to Ordovician age, a dense volcanic ma…

Anne Burgess / CC BY-SA 2.0 / Wikimedia Commons

Maiden Castle, fort 285m ESE of Rowantree Cottage

Scheduled monument · Iron Age · ~3.5 mi

Maiden Castle is an Iron Age fort situated 285 metres east-south-east of Rowantree Cottage in Aberdeenshire, Scotland. The monument stands on bedrock composed of an unnamed felsic igneous intrusion of Late Silurian to Early Devonian age, formed during the Early Devonian period. This rocky foundat…

Mains of Balquhain,stone circle 715m NE of

Scheduled monument · Bronze Age · ~4.3 mi

Mains of Balquhain is a Bronze Age stone circle situated in Aberdeenshire, Scotland, approximately 715 metres northeast of the settlement of Balquhain. The monument comprises a ring of standing stones typical of the Bronze Age ceremonial and ritual landscapes that characterise northeast Scotland.…

Whiteinches, cairn 440m SSW of

Scheduled monument · ~1.1 miles

Cat Cairn, cairn 255m SW of Smiddyhowe

Scheduled monument · ~1.2 miles

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Sources

Aberdeenshire · Canmore

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