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Hamilton, Cadzow Bridge

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

History & Significance

Hamilton, Cadzow Bridge 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 Hamilton, Cadzow Bridge lies on Scottish Coal Measures Group, bedrock that formed in the Moscovian. The rock here is mudstone, siltstone, sandstone, coal, ironstone and ferricrete.

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Roman Britain
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Scheduled Monuments near Hamilton, Cadzow Bridge

Netherton Cross, cross, Hamilton Old Parish Kirk
Netherton Cross, cross, Hamilton Old Parish Kirk
Scheduled monument · ~0.1 mi

Netherton Cross is a cross located in Lanarkshire, Scotland, near Hamilton Old Parish Kirk. The monument stands upon bedrock of the Scottish Coal Measures Group, a geological formation dating to the Moscovian period, comprising layers of mudstone, siltstone, sandstone, coal, ironstone and ferricr…

Fairhill, cairn 20m N of 96 Millgate Road
Fairhill, cairn 20m N of 96 Millgate Road
Scheduled monument · ~1.3 mi

Fairhill Cairn is a Bronze Age burial monument situated 20 metres north of 96 Millgate Road in Lanarkshire, Scotland. The cairn is constructed upon bedrock formed from the Scottish Coal Measures Group, a sequence of mudstone, siltstone, sandstone, coal, ironstone and ferricrete deposits that date…

Cadzow Castle
Cadzow Castle
Scheduled monument · ~1.3 mi

Cadzow Castle is a medieval stronghold situated near Hamilton in South Lanarkshire, Scotland. The castle occupies a naturally fortified position on a steep-sided peninsula formed by a bend in the River Clyde, with substantial earthwork defences including a motte and bailey arrangement that reflec…

Bothwellhaugh,Roman fort
Bothwellhaugh,Roman fort
Scheduled monument · Iron Age · ~1.4 mi

Bothwellhaugh Roman fort is a Roman auxiliary fort situated in Lanarkshire, Scotland, occupying a defensible position above the River Clyde. The site lies upon bedrock of the Scottish Coal Measures Group, comprising mudstone, siltstone and sandstone interspersed with coal seams and ironstone depo…

Orbiston House, tower house
Orbiston House, tower house
Scheduled monument · ~1.6 mi

Orbiston House is a tower house located in Lanarkshire, Scotland. This fortified dwelling exemplifies the domestic architecture adopted by Scottish landowners from the medieval period onwards, providing both residence and defensible stronghold. The tower house form—a compact, vertical structure w…

BOTHWELL CASTLE
BOTHWELL CASTLE
Scheduled monument · ~3.2 mi

Bothwell Castle is a substantial stone fortress situated on a bend of the River Clyde in Lanarkshire, constructed principally during the late thirteenth and fourteenth centuries. The castle's most distinctive feature is its massive red sandstone keep or donjon, which was begun by Walter de Moravi…

Hamilton Low Parks, motte
Scheduled monument · Medieval · ~0.7 miles
Bothwellhaugh,Roman bath house
Scheduled monument · Roman · ~1.5 miles
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Battles near Hamilton, Cadzow Bridge

Battle of Hieton
1650
~0 miles away
Battle of Bothwell Bridge
1679
~1.5 miles away
Douglas Support
~4 miles away
Anglo-Swedish skirmish (1695)
1695
~5.3 miles away
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