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Maxwell riding party burns Johnstone tower at Lochwood 1585

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

Who Fought

Defeated
Johnstone
Forces
Johnstone garrison of Lochwood
VS
Victor
Maxwell affinity
Forces
Maxwell affinity
Outcome
Lochwood burned; Johnstone chief humiliated and released
The Battle

History & Significance

Maxwell men burned Lochwood Tower, the principal Johnstone stronghold in Annandale; Johnstone chief was briefly captured then released; one of the most destructive single acts of the feud before Dryfe Sands

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Protected heritage nearby

Scheduled Monuments near Maxwell riding party burns Johnstone tower at Lochwood 1585

Millhill, settlement, enclosure and road 500m ENE of
Scheduled monument · Post-Medieval · ~0.6 miles
Kirkholm Hill, enclosure 500m W of Dinwoodie Lodge Cottage
Scheduled monument · Post-Medieval · ~1.3 miles
Dinwoodie Mains, cremation burials 500m WSW of
Scheduled monument · ~1.4 miles
Dalmakethar Burn,fort
Scheduled monument · Iron Age · ~1.4 miles
Dinwoodie, settlement 425m E of
Scheduled monument · ~1.7 miles
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