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Caiyside Hill, Oxgangs, Edinburgh

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

History & Significance

Caiyside Hill, Oxgangs, Edinburgh 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 Caiyside Hill, Oxgangs, Edinburgh lies on Unnamed Extrusive Rocks, Silurian To Devonian, bedrock that formed in the Devonian. The rock here is mafic lava and mafic tuff.

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Monuments
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Battlefields
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Roman Britain
The Roman roads, forts and towns near here, and the Iron Age people who held the land before Rome arrived.
Stat Accounts
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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
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Historical Maps
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Protected heritage nearby

Scheduled Monuments near Caiyside Hill, Oxgangs, Edinburgh

Galachlaw,cairn
Galachlaw,cairn
Scheduled monument · ~0.7 mi

Galachlaw cairn is a funerary monument of Neolithic or Bronze Age date located in Midlothian, Scotland. The cairn sits upon Devonian bedrock composed of felsic lava and tuff, part of the region's ancient volcanic geology. This geological foundation reflects the upland setting typical of cairn con…

Wester Craiglockhart Hill, fort
Wester Craiglockhart Hill, fort
Scheduled monument · Iron Age · ~1.5 mi

Wester Craiglockhart Hill Fort is an Iron Age fort located in Midlothian, Scotland. The monument occupies a hilltop position underlain by bedrock of the Inverclyde Group, a geological formation of sandstone, siltstone and mudstone from the Osagean period. This varied geology would have provided a…

Hanging Stanes,gallows bases,Braid Road
Hanging Stanes,gallows bases,Braid Road
Scheduled monument · ~1.6 mi

Hanging Stanes is a gallows base located on Braid Road in Midlothian, Scotland. The monument comprises the stone foundations of a gallows structure, a rare surviving example of judicial architecture from Scotland's medieval and early modern period. Such gallows were public instruments of law enfo…

Craiglockhart Castle
Craiglockhart Castle
Scheduled monument · ~1.6 mi

Craiglockhart Castle is a fifteenth-century fortified stronghold located near Edinburgh in Midlothian. The castle survives as a substantial stone tower house, characteristic of late medieval Scottish defensive architecture, positioned on elevated ground that provides natural defensive advantages.…

Colinton Castle
Colinton Castle
Scheduled monument · ~1.7 mi

Colinton Castle is a late medieval fortified residence located in Midlothian, Scotland. The castle dates to the fifteenth century and represents the domestic architecture of the Scottish nobility during the later medieval period. The site comprises the remains of a substantial stone-built structu…

Clubbiedean Reservoir, fort
Clubbiedean Reservoir, fort
Scheduled monument · Iron Age · ~2.8 mi

Clubbiedean Reservoir fort is an Iron Age fortification located in Midlothian, Scotland, and is protected as a scheduled monument by Historic Environment Scotland. The fort occupies ground underlain by Inverclyde Group bedrock, a sequence of sandstone, siltstone and mudstone deposits formed durin…

Caiy Stane,standing stone,Fairmilehead
Scheduled monument · Bronze Age · ~0.1 miles
Dreghorn Woods training trenches, 425m WSW and 350m SW of Redford Bridge, Edinburgh
Scheduled monument · ~1.2 miles
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