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Battle of Tillyangus

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

History & Significance

Battle of Tillyangus 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 Battle of Tillyangus lies on Unnamed Igneous Intrusion, Ordovician To Silurian, bedrock that formed in the Silurian. The rock here is felsic-rock.

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Scheduled Monuments near Battle of Tillyangus

Corrstone Wood, stone circle
Corrstone Wood, stone circle
Scheduled monument · Bronze Age · ~1.8 mi

Corrstone Wood is a Bronze Age stone circle located in Aberdeenshire, Scotland, and is protected as a scheduled monument by Historic Environment Scotland. The circle sits upon bedrock of Lower Old Red Sandstone, formed during the Early Devonian period and composed of conglomerate, sandstone, silt…

Rhynie, three symbol stones 60m SE of Manse
Rhynie, three symbol stones 60m SE of Manse
Scheduled monument · ~2 mi

Rhynie Three Symbol Stones is a Pictish monument comprising three carved stones located 60 metres south-east of Rhynie Manse in Aberdeenshire. The stones are carved with Pictish symbols characteristic of early medieval Scotland, typically incorporating abstract geometric designs and representatio…

Ardlair, stone circle 450m SW of
Ardlair, stone circle 450m SW of
Scheduled monument · Bronze Age · ~2.8 mi

Ardlair is a Bronze Age stone circle situated 450 metres south-west of Ardlair in Aberdeenshire, Scotland. The monument stands on bedrock formed from a Silurian mafic igneous intrusion, whose dark rock outcrops would have been visible to the Bronze Age communities who built the circle. The site i…

Ardlair, symbol stone and adjacent standing stone, SSW of
Ardlair, symbol stone and adjacent standing stone, SSW of
Scheduled monument · Bronze Age · ~2.8 mi

Ardlair is a Bronze Age symbol stone and adjacent standing stone located south-southwest of Ardlair in Aberdeenshire, Scotland. The symbol stone bears carved motifs typical of Bronze Age rock art in northeast Scotland, though specific details of the carvings would require direct archaeological ex…

Nether Wheedlemont,stone circle 80m NNE of
Nether Wheedlemont,stone circle 80m NNE of
Scheduled monument · Bronze Age · ~3 mi

Nether Wheedlemont is a Bronze Age stone circle situated in Aberdeenshire, Scotland, approximately eighty metres north-north-east of the settlement from which it takes its name. The monument stands upon bedrock formed from an Ordovician to Silurian igneous intrusion, a mafic igneous rock that sol…

Ringing Stone, standing stone, 275m NNW of Johnston
Ringing Stone, standing stone, 275m NNW of Johnston
Scheduled monument · Bronze Age · ~3.4 mi

Ringing Stone is a Bronze Age standing stone located 275 metres north-northwest of Johnston in Aberdeenshire, Scotland. The monument stands on bedrock formed from an unnamed Ordovician to Silurian igneous intrusion, specifically a felsic rock body that crystallised during the Silurian period. Thi…

Craw Stane, symbol stone and enclosure 575m E of Mains of Rhynie
Scheduled monument · Post-Medieval · ~2 miles
Bell Knowe, cairn, Rhynie
Scheduled monument · ~2.1 miles
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