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Truce day riot at Kershopefoot — Scott-Kerr escalation 1575

1575
Scotland
Era
Tudor
Battle Type
Pitched Battle
Location
Scotland
Status
Unregistered
The Combatants

Who Fought

Forces
Not recorded in historical accounts
Forces
English march riders
VS
Victor
Not recorded in historical accounts
Forces
Mixed Scottish march men
Outcome
Inconclusive brawl; several killed; truce broken
The Battle

History & Significance

A border truce day at Kershopefoot erupted into violence between Scottish and English march men; the Raid of the Redeswire which occurred in the same year was preceded by this smaller flashpoint in the same location

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Protected heritage nearby

Scheduled Monuments near Truce day riot at Kershopefoot — Scott-Kerr escalation 1575

Nine Stones, stone circle, Ninestone Rig
Scheduled monument · Bronze Age · ~1 miles
Scooped settlement, 1025m NW of Roughley
Scheduled monument · ~1.4 miles
Buck Stone, standing stone 470m NNE of Hermitage Farm Cottage
Scheduled monument · Bronze Age · ~2 miles
Riccarton Tower
Scheduled monument · ~2.2 miles
Hermitage Castle, castle, chapel, enclosures, deer trap, park boundary and farmstead
Scheduled monument · Medieval · ~2.3 miles
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