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Chirnside

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

History & Significance

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

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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
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.
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Scheduled Monuments near Chirnside

Horn Burn, settlement 635m W of
Horn Burn, settlement 635m W of
Scheduled monument · ~2.6 mi

Horn Burn is a settlement situated in Berwickshire, in the Scottish Borders, protected as a scheduled monument by Historic Environment Scotland. The site lies on bedrock of the Reston Group, Early Devonian conglomerate and sandstone formed during a period of significant geological upheaval in wha…

Lodge Cottage, unenclosed settlement and field system 490m ENE of
Lodge Cottage, unenclosed settlement and field system 490m ENE of
Scheduled monument · Post-Medieval · ~2.6 mi

Lodge Cottage is a post-medieval unenclosed settlement and field system situated 490 metres north-east of the main dwelling in Berwickshire, Scotland. The settlement comprises dispersed domestic and agricultural buildings arranged without formal enclosure, a settlement pattern characteristic of u…

Foulden Old Tithe Barn
Foulden Old Tithe Barn
Scheduled monument · ~3 mi

Foulden Old Tithe Barn is a substantial stone-built agricultural structure located in Berwickshire, in the Scottish Borders. The barn dates from the medieval period and served as a tithe barn, used to store a portion of the agricultural produce owed to the church as a form of tax. Its constructio…

Otter / CC BY-SA 3.0 / Wikimedia Commons
Blanerne Castle
Blanerne Castle
Scheduled monument · ~3.2 mi

Blanerne Castle is a medieval fortified structure located in Berwickshire, Scottish Borders. The castle dates to the medieval period and represents the defensive architecture typical of the Border region during a period of considerable strategic importance. The site survives as earthwork remains…

Walter Baxter / CC BY-SA 2.0 / Wikimedia Commons
The Bungalow, settlement 430m ENE of
The Bungalow, settlement 430m ENE of
Scheduled monument · ~3.7 mi

The Bungalow is a settlement located 430 metres east-north-east of Berwickshire in the Scottish Borders. The site occupies ground underlain by Reston Group bedrock, a geological formation of Early Devonian age comprising interbedded conglomerate and sandstone that would have provided firm foundat…

Habchester,fort 1100m ESE of Bastleridge
Habchester,fort 1100m ESE of Bastleridge
Scheduled monument · Iron Age · ~4 mi

Habchester is a hillfort located 1100 metres east-south-east of Bastleridge in Berwickshire, Scotland. The fort occupies land underlain by Hawick Group wacke, a hard sedimentary rock formed during the Wenlock period that would have presented a challenging foundation for Iron Age builders. The sit…

Oldcastles, fort 350m NNW of
Scheduled monument · Iron Age · ~1.7 miles
Auchencrow Mains,enclosure and ditches 1000m SSE of
Scheduled monument · Post-Medieval · ~2.1 miles
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Battles near Chirnside

Siege of Wark (1138)
1138
~11.8 miles away
Battle of Flodden 1513
1513
~12.2 miles away
Battle of Carham
1010
~12.6 miles away
Jacobite army crosses River Tweed into England 1745
1745
~14.9 miles away
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