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English Civil War

Siege of Edinburgh Castle (Covenant period)

1640
Edinburghshire, Scotland
Also known as: Edinburgh Castle 1640
Era
English Civil War
Battle Type
Siege
Location
Edinburghshire, Scotland
Status
Unregistered
The Combatants

Who Fought

Defeated
Royalists (garrison)
Forces
Royalist garrison c.150–300
VS
Victor
Scots Covenanters
Forces
Scots Covenanters c.2,000–3,000
Outcome
Edinburgh Castle garrison surrendered to Covenanters September 1640
The Battle

History & Significance

The Covenanting army besieged and took Edinburgh Castle in the Second Bishops War campaign, effectively removing the last Royalist stronghold in Scotland. Its surrender gave the Covenanters complete control of Scotland and strengthened their negotiating position with Charles I.

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Protected heritage nearby

Scheduled Monuments near Siege of Edinburgh Castle (Covenant period)

Hanging Stanes,gallows bases,Braid Road
Scheduled monument · ~1.8 miles
Blackford Hill, fort and settlement
Scheduled monument · Iron Age · ~1.8 miles
Craiglockhart Castle
Scheduled monument · ~2.5 miles
Wester Craiglockhart Hill, fort
Scheduled monument · Iron Age · ~2.6 miles
Liberton, standing stone, E end of Ravenswood Avenue
Scheduled monument · Bronze Age · ~2.7 miles
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