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ID: 7009703
Page Link: http://vocab.getty.edu/page/tgn/7009703
 
Record Type: administrative
Hierarchy of Methven (inhabited place)  Methven (inhabited place)

Coordinates:
Lat: 56 25 00 N  degrees minutes   Lat: 56.4167  decimal degrees
Long: 003 34 00 W  degrees minutes   Long: -3.5667  decimal degrees

Note: Site of battle where English defeated Scottish forces of Robert the Bruce on June 19, 1306; in 1644, at nearby Tippermuir, General James Montrose defeated Covenanters.

Names:
Methven (preferred,C,V,English,U)

Hierarchical Position:
Hierarchy of World (facet)    World (facet)
Hierarchy of Europe (continent)  ....  Europe (continent) (P)
Hierarchy of United Kingdom (nation)  ........  United Kingdom (nation) (P)
Hierarchy of Scotland (country)  ............  Scotland (country) (P)
Hierarchy of Perth and Kinross (unitary authority)  ................  Perth and Kinross (unitary authority) (P)
Hierarchy of Methven (inhabited place)  ....................  Methven (inhabited place) (P)

Place Types:
inhabited place (preferred, C)  ............  was a noted medieval center
town (C)
battlefield (H)

Sources and Contributors:
Methven..........  [VP Preferred]
.................  Canby, Historic Places (1984) II, 594
.................  NGA/NIMA database (2003-)
.................  Times Atlas of the World (1994) 126
Subject: .....  [VP]
..................  Canby, Historic Places (1984) II, 594
..................  NGA/NIMA database (2003-) -2602945
..................  Times Atlas of the World (1994) 126
 
Note:
English .......... [VP]

 

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