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Hadden Rig

Scotland
Era
Unknown Era
Battle Type
Pitched Battle
Location
Scotland
Status
Unregistered
The Battle

History & Significance

Hadden Rig 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 Hadden Rig lies on Stratheden Group, bedrock that formed in the Late Devonian. The rock here is sandstone and conglomerate, interbedded.

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Roman Britain
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Civil War
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Geology
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Scheduled Monuments near Hadden Rig

Lochton,enclosure 250m SSE of
Lochton,enclosure 250m SSE of
Scheduled monument · Post-Medieval · ~2.8 mi

Lochton Enclosure is a post-medieval earthwork situated in Berwickshire, in the Scottish Borders. Located 250 metres south-south-east of Lochton itself, the monument survives as a substantial boundary feature within a landscape underlain by Inverclyde Group rocks—sandstone, siltstone and mudstone…

Birgham Haugh,fort and enclosures 800m SW of
Birgham Haugh,fort and enclosures 800m SW of
Scheduled monument · Iron Age · ~2.9 mi

Birgham Haugh is an Iron Age fort and enclosures located in Berwickshire, in the Scottish Borders. The monument lies approximately 800 metres south-west of Birgham village, occupying ground underlain by sandstone, siltstone and mudstone of the Inverclyde Group. These sedimentary rocks, laid down…

Pinnaclehill Farm,burial mound & cists 90m NW of
Pinnaclehill Farm,burial mound & cists 90m NW of
Scheduled monument · Bronze Age · ~2.9 mi

Pinnaclehill Farm burial mound and cists is a Bronze Age funerary monument located in Roxburghshire, Scotland. The monument comprises a burial mound with associated stone burial chambers, or cists, situated approximately 90 metres north-west of the farm buildings. The site lies on bedrock of the…

Piper's Grave,cists
Piper's Grave,cists
Scheduled monument · Bronze Age · ~3.6 mi

Piper's Grave is a Bronze Age cist cemetery located in Roxburghshire, Scotland. Cists of this period typically consisted of stone-built burial chambers, constructed from flat slabs of stone arranged to form a small rectangular box to contain inhumated remains, often accompanied by grave goods suc…

Old Roxburgh,deserted town between River Teviot & River Tweed
Old Roxburgh,deserted town between River Teviot & River Tweed
Scheduled monument · ~3.7 mi

Old Roxburgh is a deserted medieval town situated on a peninsula formed by the confluence of the River Teviot and River Tweed in Roxburghshire, Scotland. The site occupies a strategically prominent position where these two major river valleys meet, with the underlying bedrock composed of Invercly…

Roxburgh Castle
Roxburgh Castle
Scheduled monument · ~4 mi

Roxburgh Castle is a ruined medieval fortress situated on a strategic peninsula formed by the confluence of the Rivers Tweed and Teviot in the Scottish Borders. The castle was established in the 12th century and developed as a royal stronghold of considerable importance, particularly during the A…

Whitmuirhaugh,settlement & cemetery
Scheduled monument · ~1.8 miles
Redden, settlement 60m SE of
Scheduled monument · ~2.1 miles
In the same landscape

Battles near Hadden Rig

Siege of Roxburgh Castle (1460)
1460
~2.3 miles away
Roxburgh Fort English Occupation 1547-1550
1547
~4 miles away
Capture of Roxburgh (1314)
1314
~5.2 miles away
Raid on the Borders by English during Interregnum 1291
1291
~7.1 miles away
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