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High Lawfield

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

History & Significance

High Lawfield 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 High Lawfield lies on Unnamed Extrusive Rocks, Dinantian, bedrock that formed in the Mississippian. The rock here is mafic lava and mafic tuff.

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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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Scheduled Monuments near High Lawfield

Duchal House, motte 570m NE of
Duchal House, motte 570m NE of
Scheduled monument · Medieval · ~1.3 mi

Duchal House Motte is a Medieval motte situated approximately 570 metres north-east of Duchal House in Renfrewshire, Scotland. The monument represents a characteristic example of early Medieval fortification, typical of the period following the Norman Conquest of England when such earthwork castl…

John R. from Scotland, Britain. / CC BY-SA 2.0 / Wikimedia Commons
Steel Cottage, anti-aircraft battery 480m NW of
Steel Cottage, anti-aircraft battery 480m NW of
Scheduled monument · ~1.7 mi

Steel Cottage is an anti-aircraft battery located in Renfrewshire, Scotland, approximately 480 metres north-west of Steel Cottage itself. Built during the Second World War as part of Britain's air defence network, the battery represents the extensive fortification of the Scottish landscape agains…

Houston North Mound, 300m WSW of Greenhill Farm
Houston North Mound, 300m WSW of Greenhill Farm
Scheduled monument · ~2 mi

Houston North Mound is a prehistoric earthwork located in Renfrewshire, three hundred metres west-south-west of Greenhill Farm. The monument stands upon bedrock of Dinantian age, comprising unnamed extrusive rocks formed during the Mississippian period as mafic lava flows and mafic tuff deposits.…

Ranfurly Castle, Bridge of Weir
Ranfurly Castle, Bridge of Weir
Scheduled monument · ~2.5 mi

Ranfurly Castle is a late 19th-century castellated mansion located near Bridge of Weir in Renfrewshire, Scotland. Built in the 1880s, the structure exemplifies Victorian interpretations of Scottish baronial architecture, featuring characteristic turrets and crenellations typical of that period's…

Craigmarloch Wood,fort
Craigmarloch Wood,fort
Scheduled monument · Iron Age · ~2.6 mi

Craigmarloch Wood fort is an Iron Age fortified settlement located in Renfrewshire, Scotland. The fort occupies a naturally defensible position on bedrock composed of mafic lava and tuff from the Dinantian period, ancient volcanic rocks that would have provided a solid foundation for the construc…

Castle Hill, motte, Bridge of Weir
Castle Hill, motte, Bridge of Weir
Scheduled monument · Medieval · ~2.6 mi

Castle Hill, Bridge of Weir is a medieval motte situated in Renfrewshire, Scotland. The earthwork rises from bedrock composed of Dinantian extrusive rocks of Mississippian age, volcanic mafic lava and tuff that underlie the surrounding landscape. This geological foundation would have provided a n…

Kilallan, St Fillan's church and churchyard
Scheduled monument · Medieval · ~0.4 miles
Gryffe Wraes Cottage, anti-aircraft site 185m WNW of
Scheduled monument · ~1.8 miles
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Battles near High Lawfield

North Brae, Barochan
~2.3 miles away
Siege of Dumbarton
870
~3.5 miles away
Battle of Alclud Ford
580
~3.6 miles away
Siege of Dumbarton Castle (1489)
1489
~3.8 miles away
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