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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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Roman Britain
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Stat Accounts
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Civil War
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Geology
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Scheduled Monuments near Moncur Castle

Dron Hill,fort
Dron Hill,fort
Scheduled monument · Iron Age · ~2 mi

Dron Hill Fort is an Iron Age fort situated in Perthshire, Scotland. The stronghold was constructed upon bedrock of mafic igneous origin, formed during the Early Devonian period as part of an unnamed intrusion. This geological foundation of hard, dark volcanic material would have provided a natur…

Wast-Town Church,350m NNW of Westown
Wast-Town Church,350m NNW of Westown
Scheduled monument · ~2.1 mi

Wast-Town Church is a ruined ecclesiastical building located in Perthshire, Scotland, approximately 350 metres north-north-west of Westown. The monument stands on bedrock of the Stratheden Group, a Late Devonian formation composed of interbedded sandstone and conglomerate that underlies much of t…

Pitmiddle,deserted village
Pitmiddle,deserted village
Scheduled monument · ~2.2 mi

Pitmiddle is a deserted village in Perthshire, Scotland, situated on bedrock formed from ancient mafic lavas and tuffs of Devonian age. The volcanic geology underlying the site belongs to the Silurian to Devonian period and represents extrusive rocks from significant igneous activity in this regi…

Dron Chapel
Dron Chapel
Scheduled monument · ~2.3 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…

Rait, souterrains 130m & ring-ditch 170m S of
Rait, souterrains 130m & ring-ditch 170m S of
Scheduled monument · Iron Age · ~3.6 mi

Rait souterrains is a pair of Iron Age underground stone-built passages located in Perthshire, Scotland, approximately 130 metres south of Rait. The passages are characteristic of structures built during the later prehistoric period in eastern Scotland, likely serving domestic, storage or defensi…

Bandirran, stone circle & standing stones 270m to 425m ENE of
Bandirran, stone circle & standing stones 270m to 425m ENE of
Scheduled monument · Bronze Age · ~4.5 mi

Bandirran is a Bronze Age stone circle and associated standing stones located in Perthshire, Scotland. The monument comprises a circle of stones positioned on Pragian-age bedrock of the Arbuttnott-Garvock Group, which consists primarily of sandstone with subordinate layers of conglomerate, siltst…

Enclosures, barrows and pits 360m N of 8 Glebe Park
Scheduled monument · ~0.2 miles
Moncur, remains of timber buildings 400m WSW of
Scheduled monument · ~0.2 miles
In the same landscape

Battles near Moncur Castle

Battle of Black Earnside
~6.4 miles away
Siege of Bonn (1703)
1703
~6.6 miles away
Lindores Castle
~7.6 miles away
Mugdrum Island
~7.8 miles away
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