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Monymusk

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

History & Significance

Monymusk 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 Monymusk lies on Unnamed Igneous Intrusion, Ordovician To Silurian, bedrock that formed in the Silurian. The rock here is felsic-rock.

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Monuments
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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.
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Scheduled Monuments near Monymusk

Mither Tap, fort
Mither Tap, fort
Scheduled monument · Iron Age · ~4.6 mi

Mither Tap is a prominent Iron Age hillfort located in Aberdeenshire, Scotland, situated on the summit of a distinctive granite hill near Alford. The fort is defined by multiple concentric ramparts and ditches that encircle the hilltop, representing a substantial defensive structure characteristi…

Bill Harrison / CC BY-SA 2.0 / Wikimedia Commons
Tamnagorn, stone circle 300m E of
Tamnagorn, stone circle 300m E of
Scheduled monument · Bronze Age · ~4.8 mi

Tamnagorn is a Bronze Age stone circle located in Aberdeenshire, Scotland, situated approximately 300 metres east of the settlement from which it takes its name. The monument stands protected under Historic Environment Scotland's scheduling system with reference SM49, ensuring its preservation as…

Cothiemuir Hill, stone circle
Cothiemuir Hill, stone circle
Scheduled monument · Bronze Age · ~4.9 mi

Cothiemuir Hill is a Bronze Age stone circle located in Aberdeenshire, Scotland, and is protected by Historic Environment Scotland under designation SM17. The monument stands on bedrock belonging to the Southern Highland Group, ancient metamorphic rocks of Middle Cambrian age comprising psammite…

Old Kirk of Tough, standing stone 165m N of Forkins of Midmar
Old Kirk of Tough, standing stone 165m N of Forkins of Midmar
Scheduled monument · Bronze Age · ~4.9 mi

Old Kirk of Tough is a Bronze Age standing stone located in Aberdeenshire, Scotland, situated 165 metres north of Forkins of Midmar. The monument is protected by Historic Environment Scotland under reference SM12010. Standing stones of this type were erected during the Bronze Age, typically servi…

South Leylodge Steading, stone circle 110m W of
South Leylodge Steading, stone circle 110m W of
Scheduled monument · Bronze Age · ~5.5 mi

South Leylodge Steading is a Bronze Age stone circle located in Aberdeenshire, Scotland, approximately 110 metres west of South Leylodge Steading itself. The monument sits upon bedrock of Ordovician to Silurian age, specifically an unnamed felsic igneous intrusion formed during the Silurian perio…

East Blairbowie, standing stone 250m ENE of
East Blairbowie, standing stone 250m ENE of
Scheduled monument · Bronze Age · ~5.8 mi

East Blairbowie is a Bronze Age standing stone located in Aberdeenshire, Scotland, situated 250 metres east-north-east of the settlement. The monument is protected by Historic Environment Scotland under the designation SM12110. Standing stones of this period, typically erected between 2300 and 70…

Deer Park, stone circle 65m N of
Scheduled monument · Bronze Age · ~0.5 miles
Tombeg, standing stone 90m WSW of
Scheduled monument · Bronze Age · ~0.5 miles
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Battles near Monymusk

'Braes of Coolie'
~1.8 miles away
Tough Parish
~2.5 miles away
Kintore
~6.8 miles away
Broomend of Crichie
~6.8 miles away
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