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Tudor

Langholm area Border raid 1540

1540
Scotland
Era
Tudor
Battle Type
Pitched Battle
Location
Scotland
Status
Unregistered
The Combatants

Who Fought

Defeated
English and Scottish Border farmers
Forces
mixed English and Scottish Border farmers
VS
Victor
Armstrong clan
Forces
Armstrong clan riders
Outcome
Raid successful; Armstrong men return with cattle
The Battle

History & Significance

A substantial Armstrong reiver raid operating out of Langholm ravaged the Scottish side of the Border, targeting rivals and English-side families alike in a period of particularly lawless activity

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Protected heritage nearby

Scheduled Monuments near Langholm area Border raid 1540

Langholm Castle
Scheduled monument · ~1 miles
Wauchope Castle, castle and manse 235m SSW of Springhill
Scheduled monument · Medieval · ~1.4 miles
Broomholm,farmstead 400m E of
Scheduled monument · Post-Medieval · ~1.6 miles
Broomholmshiels,farmstead 1000m E of
Scheduled monument · Post-Medieval · ~1.6 miles
Terrona, scooped settlement 150m SE of
Scheduled monument · ~1.7 miles
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