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Dumfries, Castledykes

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

History & Significance

Dumfries, Castledykes 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 Dumfries, Castledykes lies on Stewartry Group, bedrock that formed in the Early Permian. The rock here is sandstone, breccia and conglomerate.

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Battlefields
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Roman Britain
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Stat Accounts
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Civil War
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Geology
The bedrock beneath the site, its age and rock type, reaching back hundreds of millions of years.
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Historical Maps
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Protected heritage nearby

Scheduled Monuments near Dumfries, Castledykes

Holywood, cursus 1250m SSE of
Holywood, cursus 1250m SSE of
Scheduled monument · ~3.5 mi

Holywood cursus is a Neolithic monument located in Dumfriesshire, in the south-west of Scotland. The site consists of two parallel banks and ditches forming an elongated enclosure, a form characteristic of cursus monuments constructed during the Early Neolithic period, roughly 3800–3600 BC. These…

East Hill Farmhouse,stone circle
East Hill Farmhouse,stone circle
Scheduled monument · Bronze Age · ~3.6 mi

East Hill Farmhouse is a Bronze Age stone circle located in Kirkcudbrightshire, Scotland. The monument consists of standing stones arranged in a circular configuration, typical of ritual and ceremonial sites constructed during the Bronze Age period. Stone circles of this type served important com…

Holywood,cursus,linear earthwork,pit alignment & enclosures 975m SE of
Holywood,cursus,linear earthwork,pit alignment & enclosures 975m SE of
Scheduled monument · Post-Medieval · ~3.8 mi

Holywood is a complex linear earthwork comprising a cursus, pit alignment and associated enclosures situated in Dumfriesshire, southern Scotland. The monument occupies ground underlain by sandstone, breccia and conglomerate of the Stewartry Group, bedrock formed during the Early Permian period. T…

Torthorwald Castle
Torthorwald Castle
Scheduled monument · ~4.1 mi

Torthorwald Castle is a motte-and-bailey fortress located in Dumfriesshire, south-western Scotland, dating to the Norman period following the twelfth century. The monument consists of a substantial earthen mound with an associated bailey, representing a characteristic form of early medieval milit…

Carzield,Roman fort
Carzield,Roman fort
Scheduled monument · Iron Age · ~4.5 mi

Carzield is a Roman fort situated in Dumfriesshire in south-western Scotland. The site occupies ground underlain by the Stewartry Group, a geological formation of Early Permian age composed of sandstone, breccia and conglomerate that would have provided stable foundations for the fort's construct…

Isle Tower, 400m NNE of Bankend
Isle Tower, 400m NNE of Bankend
Scheduled monument · ~4.7 mi

Isle Tower is a fortified tower of probable sixteenth-century date situated in Dumfriesshire, Scotland. The structure represents the defensive architecture characteristic of the Border region during a period of sustained military tension between English and Scottish forces. Its location near Bank…

Castledykes Park, motte and bailey, medieval castle and associated earthworks
Scheduled monument · Medieval · ~0.1 miles
Curriestanes,cursus E of
Scheduled monument · ~1.1 miles
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Battles near Dumfries, Castledykes

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~1 miles away
Bruce Kills John Comyn at Greyfriars Dumfries 1306
1306
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Maxwell vs Douglas feud clash in Dumfriesshire 1510
1510
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Terregles
~3.3 miles away
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