Battlefield record MHG643 - Battle Site, Bloody Moss

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Grid reference Centred ND 3159 4359 (50m by 50m) (Buffered by site type)
Map sheet ND34SW
Old County CAITHNESS
Civil Parish WICK
Geographical Area CAITHNESS

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Supposed Site of Battle (NR) OS 6" map, Caith, 2nd ed. (1871)

A battle is supposed to have been fought on Bloody Moss.
Name Book 1872.

Name centred on a peat bog - an unlikely site for a battle. The tradition is probably due to the numerous burial cairns to the S.
Visited by OS (I S S) 14 March 1972.

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  • --- Text/Publication/Monograph: Ordnance Survey. Object Name Books of the Ordnance Survey. 13. Book No. 13, 236.

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Record last edited

Jan 28 2008 12:00AM

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