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Tudor

Johnstone revenge raid on Maxwell lands 1585

1585
Scotland
Era
Tudor
Battle Type
Pitched Battle
Location
Scotland
Status
Unregistered
The Combatants

Who Fought

Defeated
Maxwell of Nithsdale
Forces
Maxwell Nithsdale tenants
VS
Victor
Johnstone clan
Forces
Johnstone clan with allies
Outcome
Johnstone successful raid; Maxwell estates damaged
The Battle

History & Significance

Johnstone mounted an immediate retaliatory raid on Maxwell estates in Nithsdale; tower houses were fired and cattle lifted in a large-scale reprisal for the burning of Lochwood

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Scheduled Monuments near Johnstone revenge raid on Maxwell lands 1585

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Scheduled monument · ~1.4 miles
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Scheduled monument · Medieval · ~2.6 miles
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Lincluden College, motte and precinct
Scheduled monument · Medieval · ~2.8 miles
Curriestanes,cursus E of
Scheduled monument · ~3.4 miles
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