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Cairn of Milduan

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

History & Significance

Cairn of Milduan 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 of Milduan lies on Southern Highland Group, bedrock that formed in the Middle Cambrian. The rock here is pelite.

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Geology
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Scheduled Monuments near Cairn of Milduan

Tap o'Noth,fort
Tap o'Noth,fort
Scheduled monument · Iron Age · ~0.6 mi

Tap o'Noth is a hillfort situated on high ground in Aberdeenshire, Scotland, dating to the Iron Age period. The fort is defined by substantial ramparts and ditches that enclose the summit of the hill, demonstrating the defensive engineering typical of Iron Age fortified settlements in northern Br…

Nether Wheedlemont,stone circle 80m NNE of
Nether Wheedlemont,stone circle 80m NNE of
Scheduled monument · Bronze Age · ~2.2 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…

Rhynie, three symbol stones 60m SE of Manse
Rhynie, three symbol stones 60m SE of Manse
Scheduled monument · ~2.6 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…

Corrstone Wood, stone circle
Corrstone Wood, stone circle
Scheduled monument · Bronze Age · ~2.7 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…

Mains of Cults, pill box 600m NW of
Mains of Cults, pill box 600m NW of
Scheduled monument · ~3.2 mi

Mains of Cults is a pill box located 600 metres north-west of Cults in Aberdeenshire, Scotland. The structure stands on bedrock of the Southern Highland Group, pelitic rock formation that dates to the Middle Cambrian period and underlies much of the rural landscape here. This pill box represents…

Two Pictish symbol-bearing stones, 170m NW of Leith Hall
Two Pictish symbol-bearing stones, 170m NW of Leith Hall
Scheduled monument · ~3.8 mi

The Two Pictish Stones near Leith Hall are a pair of symbol-bearing monuments situated 170 metres north-west of Leith Hall in Aberdeenshire. These stones date to the early medieval period, when Pictish culture dominated northern Scotland, and belong to a class of monument that served ceremonial,…

Newseat, hut circles and platforms 240m NNE of
Scheduled monument · ~1.3 miles
Gallows Hill Cairn, 460m SSE of Mains of Lesmoir
Scheduled monument · ~1.5 miles
In the same landscape

Battles near Cairn of Milduan

Hill of Milduan
~0 miles away
Gordon sack of Druminnor Castle, 1571
1571
~0.7 miles away
Leith Hall Estate
~3.9 miles away
Battle of Tillyangus
~4.5 miles away
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