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Dundee Law

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

History & Significance

Dundee Law 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 Dundee Law lies on Unnamed Igneous Intrusion, Late Silurian To Early Devonian, bedrock that formed in the Early Devonian. The rock here is mafic igneous-rock.

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Scheduled Monuments near Dundee Law

Dundee and Newtyle Railway,embankment N of Baldragon
Dundee and Newtyle Railway,embankment N of Baldragon
Scheduled monument · ~2.4 mi

Dundee and Newtyle Railway embankment north of Baldragon is a section of railway infrastructure surviving from the early nineteenth-century expansion of transport links in eastern Scotland. The embankment runs across Angus, constructed to carry the railway on a level course across the undulating…

Esky Loch, barrows 400m E of
Esky Loch, barrows 400m E of
Scheduled monument · ~4.2 mi

Esky Loch barrows is a Bronze Age cemetery located in Fife, Scotland, comprising multiple burial mounds positioned 400 metres east of Esky Loch. The site sits upon Silurian to Devonian extrusive rocks, specifically mafic lava and mafic tuff formed during the Devonian period, which would have crea…

Broughty Castle
Broughty Castle
Scheduled monument · ~4.5 mi

Broughty Castle is a 15th-century artillery fortress located at Broughty Ferry on the Firth of Tay in Angus, Scotland. Built in 1454 by the Earl of Angus, the castle represents an important early example of Scottish military architecture adapted for cannon defence, with its distinctive pentagonal…

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St Fillan's or Forgan Church
St Fillan's or Forgan Church
Scheduled monument · ~4.7 mi

St Fillan's Church, Forgan is a medieval parish church situated in Fife, Scotland, with origins traceable to the early medieval period. The church is dedicated to Saint Fillan, an important figure in Scottish ecclesiastical history associated with the region. The surviving structure exhibits char…

Dron Chapel
Dron Chapel
Scheduled monument · ~6.1 mi

Dron Chapel is a scheduled monument located in Perthshire, Scotland, protected by Historic Environment Scotland under reference SM5592. The chapel stands on bedrock formed from a Late Silurian to Early Devonian mafic igneous intrusion, a dark volcanic rock that underlies this part of central Scot…

West Mains, cairn 700m NNE of
West Mains, cairn 700m NNE of
Scheduled monument · ~6.2 mi

West Mains is a cairn situated 700 metres north-north-east of West Mains in Angus, Scotland. The monument stands upon bedrock formed during the Early Devonian period, comprising an unnamed mafic igneous intrusion of Late Silurian to Early Devonian origin. This geological foundation of dark, dense…

Dundee Law,fort
Scheduled monument · Iron Age · ~0.1 miles
Wishart Arch, gateway 50m E of 15 Cowgate, Dundee
Scheduled monument · Iron Age · ~1 miles
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Battles near Dundee Law

Jacobite seizure of Dundee 1715
1715
~0.9 miles away
Siege of Dundee
1651
~0.9 miles away
Wallace's Siege of Dundee Castle, 1297 (English Surrender)
1297
~1 miles away
Sack of Dundee 1645
1645
~1 miles away
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