When did Cairn O' Mount take place?

Cairn O' Mount took place in an uncertain year, Scotland.

Who won Cairn O' Mount?

The victor at Cairn O' Mount is disputed or unrecorded in the surviving sources.

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Cairn O' Mount

Scotland

Era

Unknown Era

Battle Type

Pitched Battle

Location

Scotland

Status

Unregistered

The Battle

History & Significance

Cairn O' Mount 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 Cairn O' Mount lies on Southern Highland Group, bedrock that formed in the Middle Cambrian. The rock here is psammite and pelite.

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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.

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Protected heritage nearby

Scheduled Monuments near Cairn O' Mount

Cairn o'Mount, cairns

Scheduled monument · ~0.7 mi

Cairn o'Mount is a cairns located in Kincardineshire, Scotland, and protected as a scheduled monument by Historic Environment Scotland. The monument sits upon bedrock of the Southern Highland Group, formed during the Middle Cambrian period and composed of alternating psammite and pelite deposits.…

Alan21Stott / CC BY-SA 4.0 / Wikimedia Commons

Colmeallie stone circle

Scheduled monument · ~4.7 mi

Colmeallie stone circle is a prehistoric monument located in Angus, Scotland, dating to the Bronze Age. The site consists of a ring of standing stones arranged in a circular configuration, representing one of the numerous stone circles that characterise the ritual and ceremonial landscapes of Bro…

Ewen Rennie / CC BY-SA 2.0 / Wikimedia Commons

St. Palladius' Chapel

Scheduled monument · ~5.4 mi

St. Palladius' Chapel is a small medieval chapel located in Kincardineshire, Scotland, traditionally associated with Saint Palladius, an early Christian missionary figure in Scotland. The chapel represents evidence of early Christian settlement and religious practice in the region, with its origi…

Fordoun,homestead moat

Scheduled monument · ~6.2 mi

Fordoun homestead moat is a medieval fortified farmstead located in Kincardineshire, Scotland. The monument consists of a substantial ditch enclosing a domestic settlement, a defensive feature typical of rural gentry residences in medieval Scotland. The moat would have enclosed timber or stone st…

Bucharn, cairn 215m ESE of

Scheduled monument · ~8.2 mi

Bucharn is a cairn located in Kincardineshire, Scotland, situated approximately 215 metres east-south-east of Bucharn. The monument stands upon bedrock of the Argyll Group, a Neoproterozoic formation comprising psammite, semipelite and pelite that underlies much of this region. These metamorphic…

Cairn of Shiels, cairn

Scheduled monument · ~8.4 mi

Cairn of Shiels is a cairn situated in Kincardineshire, Scotland, and is protected as a scheduled monument by Historic Environment Scotland. The monument lies upon bedrock composed of mafic lava and tuff dating to the Devonian period, geological foundations that have supported human activity in t…

Arnbarrow,farmstead and field system 900m NW of

Scheduled monument · Post-Medieval · ~1.5 miles

Glensaugh,farmstead and field system 900m NW of

Scheduled monument · Post-Medieval · ~1.7 miles

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Sources

Cairn O' Mount · Canmore

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