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Cranston

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

History & Significance

Cranston 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 Cranston lies on Clackmannan Group, bedrock that formed in the Westphalian. The rock here is sedimentary rock cycles, clackmannan group type.

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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
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.
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Scheduled Monuments near Cranston

Fuffet Wood,enclosure and cropmarks 100m E of
Fuffet Wood,enclosure and cropmarks 100m E of
Scheduled monument · Post-Medieval · ~0.9 mi

Fuffet Wood enclosure is a post-medieval monument located in Midlothian, Scotland, protected by Historic Environment Scotland under reference SM6267. The site comprises an enclosure and associated cropmarks, positioned 100 metres east of Fuffet Wood itself. The enclosure represents the agricultur…

Easter Cowden, enclosure 200m E of
Easter Cowden, enclosure 200m E of
Scheduled monument · Post-Medieval · ~1.3 mi

Easter Cowden is a post-medieval enclosure located in Midlothian, Scotland, approximately 200 metres east of the settlement from which it takes its name. The monument sits upon bedrock of the Clackmannan Group, sedimentary rocks formed during the Westphalian period, which characterises much of th…

Easter Cowden, enclosures
Easter Cowden, enclosures
Scheduled monument · Post-Medieval · ~1.4 mi

Easter Cowden enclosures is a post-medieval field system in Midlothian, Scotland, comprising a series of stone-built boundaries that subdivide the landscape into functional parcels. The enclosures sit on bedrock of the Clackmannan Group, sedimentary rocks formed during the Westphalian period, whi…

Oxenfoord Mains,enclosure 400m NE of
Oxenfoord Mains,enclosure 400m NE of
Scheduled monument · Post-Medieval · ~1.5 mi

Oxenfoord Mains is a post-medieval enclosure situated 400 metres north-east of Oxenfoord in Midlothian, Scotland. The monument occupies land underlain by the Clackmannan Group, a sequence of sedimentary rocks formed during the Westphalian period, which gives the surrounding countryside its charac…

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Cousland Castle, tower and house 75m ESE of Chapeldyke
Cousland Castle, tower and house 75m ESE of Chapeldyke
Scheduled monument · Medieval · ~1.5 mi

Cousland Castle is a medieval tower and associated house located 75 metres south-east of Chapeldyke in Midlothian, Scotland. The site comprises remains of a tower structure typical of late medieval Scottish defensive architecture, representing the domestic fortifications erected by landholding fa…

Chalkieside Quarry, enclosure
Chalkieside Quarry, enclosure
Scheduled monument · Post-Medieval · ~1.5 mi

Chalkieside Quarry Enclosure is a post-medieval enclosure located in Midlothian, Scotland. The monument sits upon bedrock of the Clackmannan Group, sedimentary rocks formed during the Westphalian period. This underlying geology shaped the character and likely purpose of the site, as the Clackmann…

Fordel Mains,fort 350m SW of
Scheduled monument · Iron Age · ~0.5 miles
Lawfield,enclosure 500m E of
Scheduled monument · Post-Medieval · ~1.2 miles
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Battles near Cranston

Pathhead
~1.4 miles away
Malcolm II Campaigns to Secure Lothian 1006-1018
1006
~4.3 miles away
Battle of Roslin 1303
1303
~6.8 miles away
Battle of Roslin Glen
1303
~6.8 miles away
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