At the Battle of Justice Mills, Covenanting forces under Lord Burleigh and the Burgh Council of Aberdeen met the Royalist Marquis of Montrose’s troops, which included a contingent of Irish Mercenary forces.
The action was fought along the line of the Hardgate, the main road from the South West into Aberdeen. It was fought across mainly arable fields, partly in oats, where the road crossed the How Burn and climbed Clay Hill towards the Crabstane.
From its inception to its conclusion, the battle lasted two hours, Aberdeen lost and the subsequent sacking of the town was brutal.
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