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Ladyurd

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

History & Significance

Ladyurd 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 Ladyurd lies on Portpatrick Formation And Glenwhargen Formation (Undifferentiated), bedrock that formed in the Caradocian. The rock here is wacke.

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Battlefields
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Roman Britain
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Stat Accounts
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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
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Historical Maps
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Protected heritage nearby

Scheduled Monuments near Ladyurd

Drochil Castle
Drochil Castle
Scheduled monument · ~0.9 mi

Drochil Castle is a sixteenth-century fortified residence located in Peeblesshire, Scottish Borders. The castle was constructed by James Douglas, fourth Earl of Morton, in the 1570s as a substantial tower house with adjoining structures, reflecting the defensive architectural conventions of the l…

Kirkurd,church SE of Castlecraig
Kirkurd,church SE of Castlecraig
Scheduled monument · Medieval · ~1.1 mi

Kirkurd Church is a medieval church situated south-east of Castlecraig in Peeblesshire, Scotland. The building stands upon bedrock of the Kirkcolm Formation, a wacke deposited during the Caradocian period, which provides the underlying geology of this upland region. The church represents a typica…

Wester Happrew,fort 360m NW of
Wester Happrew,fort 360m NW of
Scheduled monument · Iron Age · ~1.2 mi

Wester Happrew fort is an Iron Age defended settlement situated in Peeblesshire in the Scottish Borders. The fort occupies sloping ground 360 metres north-west of Wester Happrew, constructed on bedrock of the Portpatrick and Glenwhargen Formations, a metamorphic wacke dating to the Caradocian per…

Drochil Castle,fort & enclosure 1190m NNW of
Drochil Castle,fort & enclosure 1190m NNW of
Scheduled monument · Iron Age · ~1.3 mi

Drochil Castle is an Iron Age fort and enclosure situated in Peeblesshire, in the Scottish Borders. The monument occupies a location on bedrock of the Kirkcolm Formation, a wacke deposit laid down during the Caradocian period of the Ordovician. This geology is characteristic of the Southern Uplan…

Bryland,fort 640m SE of
Bryland,fort 640m SE of
Scheduled monument · Iron Age · ~1.6 mi

Bryland Fort is an Iron Age defended settlement located in Peeblesshire, south-central Scotland, situated 640 metres south-east of Bryland. The fort occupies ground underlain by the Tappins Group, a Caradocian-age wacke formation that would have presented substantial difficulties for any internal…

West Mains,enclosure 200m NE of
West Mains,enclosure 200m NE of
Scheduled monument · Post-Medieval · ~1.8 mi

West Mains is a post-medieval enclosure located 200 metres north-east of the main settlement in Peeblesshire, Scotland. The monument sits upon bedrock of the Lanark Group, Early Devonian sandstone and conglomerate that would have influenced both the landscape's character and the availability of b…

Lochurd Hills, enclosures 485m and 435m W of and 245m and 465m WSW of Woolshears Hill
Scheduled monument · Post-Medieval · ~1 miles
Callands House,earthwork S of
Scheduled monument · ~1.4 miles
In the same landscape

Battles near Ladyurd

Battle of Happrew 1304
1304
~2.4 miles away
Peeblesshire
~3.5 miles away
Romanno
~3.5 miles away
West Linton
~5.2 miles away
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