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Douglas Scottish March Riding Party vs Percy 1378

1378
Scotland
Era
Medieval
Battle Type
Pitched Battle
Location
Scotland
Status
Unregistered
The Combatants

Who Fought

Forces
Not recorded in historical accounts
Forces
Percy Border riders
VS
Victor
Not recorded in historical accounts
Forces
Douglas Scottish March men
Outcome
Douglas party plunders Northumberland and returns with cattle
The Battle

History & Significance

James Douglas led a large Scottish March riding party deep into Percy-held English territory; a foray that established the pattern of Douglas-Percy border raiding preceding the Otterburn campaign

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Scheduled Monuments near Douglas Scottish March Riding Party vs Percy 1378

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Halterburn,farmsteads 400m ESE of
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Stob Stones,standing stones
Scheduled monument · Bronze Age · ~3.4 miles
Two round cairns south west of Tuppie's Grave
Scheduled monument · ~3.7 miles
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