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Militia Act resistance riot at Eccles 1797

1797
Scotland
Era
modern
Battle Type
Pitched Battle
Location
Scotland
Status
Unregistered
The Combatants

Who Fought

Forces
Not recorded in historical accounts
Forces
Eccles community opposing Militia Act ballot
VS
Victor
Not recorded in historical accounts
Forces
Local constables and militia
Outcome
Riot suppressed by local authority; part of pattern of Lowland Scottish resistance to compulsory militia service in the 1790s
The Battle

History & Significance

Residents of Eccles in Berwickshire rioted against the Militia Act ballot; the event was part of a wave of resistance across the Scottish Lowlands in 1797 when the government attempted to raise a militia by compulsory ballot

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Protected heritage nearby

Scheduled Monuments near Militia Act resistance riot at Eccles 1797

Birgham Haugh,fort and enclosures 800m SW of
Scheduled monument · Iron Age · ~1.1 miles
Lochton,enclosure 250m SSE of
Scheduled monument · Post-Medieval · ~1.1 miles
Eccles, St Mary's Convent, nunnery
Scheduled monument · ~1.3 miles
Redden,fort and enclosure 750m E of
Scheduled monument · Iron Age · ~1.6 miles
Crosshall,cross
Scheduled monument · ~1.7 miles
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