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Montrose Airfield, Battle H.Q.

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

History & Significance

Montrose Airfield, Battle H.Q. 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 Montrose Airfield, Battle H.Q. lies on Stratheden Group, bedrock that formed in the Late Devonian. The rock here is sandstone and conglomerate, interbedded.

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Protected heritage nearby

Scheduled Monuments near Montrose Airfield, Battle H.Q.

Dubton,unenclosed settlement 200m ENE of
Dubton,unenclosed settlement 200m ENE of
Scheduled monument · ~1.1 mi

Dubton is an unenclosed settlement located approximately two hundred metres east-north-east of Dubton in Angus, Scotland. The site represents a prehistoric or early historic settlement pattern characteristic of northern Britain, comprising scattered domestic structures without formal defensive or…

Ben Brooksbank / CC BY-SA 2.0 / Wikimedia Commons
St Cyrus, Old Parish Church
St Cyrus, Old Parish Church
Scheduled monument · Medieval · ~3.5 mi

St Cyrus Old Parish Church is a medieval parish church located in Kincardineshire, Scotland, and protected as a scheduled monument by Historic Environment Scotland. The church stands on bedrock formed during the Devonian period, comprising mafic lava and mafic tuff that created the hard, dark ign…

Capo Plantation, long barrow
Capo Plantation, long barrow
Scheduled monument · ~6.8 mi

Capo Plantation is a long barrow situated in Kincardineshire, Scotland. This Neolithic monument comprises an earthen mound constructed to cover and contain burials, a characteristic form of communal tomb built across Britain and Ireland between approximately 4000 and 3000 BC. The barrow lies upon…

Newbarns, unenclosed settlement, SE of Anniston Smithy
Newbarns, unenclosed settlement, SE of Anniston Smithy
Scheduled monument · ~7.3 mi

Newbarns is an unenclosed settlement located south-east of Anniston Smithy in Angus, Scotland. The site lies upon bedrock of the Arbuthnott-Garvock Group, Pragian deposits comprising sandstone with subordinate conglomerate, siltstone and mudstone that would have provided ready sources of stone fo…

Cairn of Shiels, cairn
Cairn of Shiels, cairn
Scheduled monument · ~7.5 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…

Brechin Cathedral Round Tower
Brechin Cathedral Round Tower
Scheduled monument · ~7.8 mi

Brechin Cathedral Round Tower is a Romanesque round tower of twelfth-century date, forming part of the cathedral complex in Brechin, Angus. The tower stands approximately 85 feet high and is distinguished by its round stone construction, a form characteristic of Irish-influenced ecclesiastical ar…

C Michael Hogan / CC BY-SA 2.0 / Wikimedia Commons
Dryleys,souterrain 150m NW of
Scheduled monument · Iron Age · ~1.1 miles
Hillside, barrow and settlement 140m SE of Oakbank
Scheduled monument · ~1.2 miles
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