When did Moncur Castle take place?

Moncur Castle took place in an uncertain year, Scotland.

Who won Moncur Castle?

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

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Moncur Castle

Scotland

Era

Unknown Era

Battle Type

Pitched Battle

Location

Scotland

Status

Unregistered

The Battle

History & Significance

Moncur Castle 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 Moncur Castle lies on Stratheden Group, bedrock that formed in the Late Devonian. The rock here is sandstone and conglomerate, interbedded.

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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.

Legal

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Protected heritage nearby

Scheduled Monuments near Moncur Castle

Enclosures, barrows and pits 360m N of 8 Glebe Park

Scheduled monument · ~0.2 mi

Enclosures, barrows and pits 360m north of 8 Glebe Park is a complex of prehistoric earthworks located in Perthshire, Scotland. The monument comprises a series of burial mounds and associated pit features set upon bedrock of the Stratheden Group, a formation of interbedded sandstone and conglomer…

Castlehill, barrows 210m SE of

Scheduled monument · ~0.8 mi

Castlehill, barrows 210m SE of is a Bronze Age burial monument consisting of a cemetery of barrows located in Perthshire, Scotland. The site lies on Stratheden Group bedrock formed during the Late Devonian period, comprising interbedded sandstone and conglomerate that would have weathered to prov…

Castlehill, unenclosed settlement 100m E of

Scheduled monument · ~0.9 mi

Castlehill is an unenclosed settlement located in Perthshire, Scotland, situated approximately 100 metres east of the main settlement focus. The site comprises scattered structures typical of early medieval and later rural occupation in the Scottish Highlands, lacking the defensive stone walls or…

Falcon Stone, barrow 320m SSW of

Scheduled monument · ~1.4 mi

Falcon Stone is a barrow situated in Perthshire, Scotland, approximately 320 metres south-south-west of the settlement it takes its name from. The monument rests upon bedrock of the Stratheden Group, a formation of interbedded sandstone and conglomerate laid down during the Late Devonian period,…

Barrows, 180m SW of Falcon Stone

Scheduled monument · ~1.4 mi

Barrows, 180m SW of Falcon Stone is a Bronze Age burial monument located in Perthshire, Scotland. The site lies upon bedrock of the Stratheden Group, a Late Devonian formation of interbedded sandstone and conglomerate that rises prominently across this inland region. This geological foundation wo…

Falcon Stone, cup-marked stone & barrow 500m SSE of Millhill

Scheduled monument · ~1.6 mi

Falcon Stone is a cup-marked stone and barrow located 500 metres south-south-east of Millhill in Perthshire, Scotland. The monument lies on bedrock formed from the Stratheden Group, a sequence of interbedded sandstone and conglomerate deposits laid down during the Late Devonian period. This geolo…

Moncur, remains of timber buildings 400m WSW of

Scheduled monument · ~0.2 miles

Mains of Inchture, prehistoric and later settlement and enclosures

Scheduled monument · Post-Medieval · ~0.2 miles

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Sources

Moncur Castle · Canmore

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