When did Athelstaneford take place?

Athelstaneford took place in an uncertain year, Scotland.

Who won Athelstaneford?

The victor at Athelstaneford is disputed or unrecorded in the surviving sources.

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Unknown Era

Athelstaneford

Scotland

Era

Unknown Era

Battle Type

Pitched Battle

Location

Scotland

Status

Unregistered

The Battle

History & Significance

Athelstaneford was a pitched battle between opposing field armies, fought in Scotland. Which side prevailed is not recorded in the surviving sources, and its outcome is not conclusively established in the historical record.

The ground

The ground they fought on

The site of Athelstaneford lies on Unnamed Extrusive Rocks, Dinantian, bedrock that formed in the Mississippian. The rock here is mafic lava and mafic tuff.

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Monuments

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Battlefields

The battles and sieges fought on this ground, mapped and set on a timeline of the wider conflict.

Roman Britain

The Roman roads, forts and towns near here, and the Iron Age people who held the land before Rome arrived.

Stat Accounts

The parish Statistical Accounts of the 1790s and 1830s, describing life, work and population here.

Civil War

The Civil War fighting, garrisons and recorded militaria in this area, woven into the arc of 1642 to 1651.

Geology

The bedrock beneath the site, its age and rock type, reaching back hundreds of millions of years.

Local Names

What the street and field names around here actually mean, and the history buried inside them.

Historical Maps

Ordnance Survey maps from the 1800s, layered over the location as it stands today.

Literature

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Protected heritage nearby

Scheduled Monuments near Athelstaneford

Hanging Craig,fort

Scheduled monument · Iron Age · ~1.2 mi

Hanging Craig is an Iron Age fort located in East Lothian, Scotland, strategically positioned on volcanic bedrock of Dinantian age. The underlying geology comprises felsic lava and tuff deposits formed during the Mississippian period, creating a naturally defensible foundation of hard, resistant…

Barnes Castle,The Vaults

Scheduled monument · ~1.3 mi

Barnes Castle, The Vaults is a rock-cut chamber of medieval date located in East Lothian, Scotland. The vaults are hewn directly into the Dinantian extrusive rocks that form the bedrock of this locality, a geological formation of felsic lava and tuff deposited during the Mississippian period. The…

East Fortune,enclosure N of disused station

Scheduled monument · Post-Medieval · ~1.4 mi

East Fortune enclosure north of disused station is a post-medieval enclosure located in East Lothian, Scotland. The monument occupies land underlain by volcanic bedrock of Dinantian age, formed during the Mississippian period from mafic lava and mafic tuff. This ancient geological foundation, tho…

East Fortune,enclosure 600m NE of disused station

Scheduled monument · Post-Medieval · ~1.8 mi

East Fortune enclosure is a post-medieval earthwork situated 600 metres north-east of the disused East Fortune railway station in East Lothian, Scotland. The monument comprises an enclosed field or paddock, representative of the agricultural improvements and land management practices that charact…

Kae Heughs,fort,Garleton Hills

Scheduled monument · Iron Age · ~1.9 mi

Kae Heughs is a fort of the Iron Age period situated on the Garleton Hills in East Lothian, Scotland. The monument occupies elevated terrain where the bedrock comprises Dinantian extrusive rocks—felsic lavas and tuffs—laid down during the Mississippian period. These volcanic origins have produced…

Barney Mains,palisaded enclosure and pit alignments WSW of

Scheduled monument · Post-Medieval · ~1.9 mi

Barney Mains is a post-medieval palisaded enclosure and pit alignments located in East Lothian, Scotland, protected as a scheduled monument by Historic Environment Scotland. The site sits on bedrock composed of felsic lava and tuff of Dinantian age, volcanic rocks formed during the Mississippian…

West Fortune,palisaded enclosure 500m N of

Scheduled monument · Post-Medieval · ~0.8 miles

East Fortune,airfield

Scheduled monument · ~1 miles

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Sources

Athelstaneford · Canmore

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