Aberdeenshire HER - NO89SE0027 - HILL OF MUCHALLS

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Primary ReferenceNO89SE0027
NameHILL OF MUCHALLS
NRHE Card No.NO89SE14
NRHE Numlink 37110
HES SM No. NULL
HES LB No. NULL
Site Form Documentary Record Only
Site Condition Unlocated
Details Site of battle. Hill of Muchalls was the site of a skirmish during the Civil War between Covenanting and Royalist armies in June 1639. After occupying Aberdeen the Royalist army marched on Stonehaven and camped on Muchalls. The approximate area of this battlefield is shown on Roy's Military Survey of Scotland 1747-1755. Ditches and embankments, allegedly military, extended all over the Hill of Muchalls before it was brought into cultivation about 1860. No trace of these features was identified during a walkover survey undertaken for the proposed Aberdeen Western Peripheral Route. A metal detecting survey including this area was carried out by Headland Archaeology in 2012 (NO89SE0093).
Last Update07/12/2023
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Date of Compilation 

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National Grid Reference: NO 8700 9100


Event Details

Event DateEvent TypeOASIS ID
2007 Field Survey
2012 Metal Detecting

Excavations and Surveys

Artefact and Ecofact

Ecofact

Samples
Palynology
Ecofact Notes

Monument Types

Monument Type 1Monument Type 2Monument Type 3OrderProbability
BATTLES SITE OFC80
EMBANKMENTS SITE OFA90
DITCHES SITE OFB90