When did Lesmahagow take place?

Lesmahagow took place in an uncertain year, Scotland.

The victor at Lesmahagow is disputed or unrecorded in the surviving sources.

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Unknown Era

Lesmahagow

Scotland

Era

Unknown Era

Battle Type

Pitched Battle

Location

Scotland

Status

Unregistered

The Battle

History & Significance

Lesmahagow 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 Lesmahagow lies on Lanark Group, bedrock that formed in the Early Devonian. The rock here is sandstone and conglomerate, interbedded.

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Monuments

The legally protected scheduled monuments around the location, each with its period, type and significance.

Battlefields

The battles and sieges fought on this ground, mapped and set on a timeline of the wider conflict.

Roman Britain

The Roman roads, forts and towns near here, and the Iron Age people who held the land before Rome arrived.

Stat Accounts

The parish Statistical Accounts of the 1790s and 1830s, describing life, work and population here.

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

What the street and field names around here actually mean, and the history buried inside them.

Historical Maps

Ordnance Survey maps from the 1800s, layered over the location as it stands today.

Literature

The books, county histories, charters and archives that mention this place, quoted with their sources.

Legal

The protected sites nearby and the metal-detecting, access and treasure laws that apply to this ground.

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Protected heritage nearby

Scheduled Monuments near Lesmahagow

Craighead Mill,Lesmahagow

Scheduled monument · ~1.1 mi

Craighead Mill is a historic mill site in Lesmahagow, Lanarkshire, Scotland, protected as a scheduled monument by Historic Environment Scotland. The mill exploited the local watercourse running through the parish, a resource that attracted industrial activity to this corner of central Scotland fo…

Corra Castle

Scheduled monument · ~4.7 mi

Corra Castle is a medieval fortified structure located in Lanarkshire, Scotland, situated within the landscape of the upper Clyde valley. The castle represents a typical example of Scottish baronial defensive architecture, though documentary and archaeological evidence regarding its precise const…

New Lanark, Mill Number Four

Scheduled monument · ~4.9 mi

New Lanark Mill Number Four is a cotton spinning mill in Lanarkshire, Scotland, constructed as part of the early industrial expansion at New Lanark. The mill was built on bedrock of the Lanark Group, Early Devonian sandstone and conglomerate strata that provided stable foundations for the substan…

Castle Hill,site of Lanark Castle

Scheduled monument · Medieval · ~5 mi

Castle Hill is a medieval site of Lanark Castle, located in Lanarkshire, Scotland. The castle occupied a naturally defensive position atop an outcrop of Early Devonian bedrock belonging to the Lanark Group, comprising interbedded sandstone and conglomerate that would have provided a commanding va…

Hallbar Tower, barmkin

Scheduled monument · ~5.3 mi

Hallbar Tower barmkin is a fortified enclosure in Lanarkshire, Scotland, protected as a scheduled monument by Historic Environment Scotland. The barmkin—a defensive stone wall surrounding a tower—belongs to the tradition of border fortifications that characterised the upland regions of southern S…

Castle Qua,fort 345m WSW of Mouse Bridge

Scheduled monument · Iron Age · ~5.4 mi

Castle Qua is an Iron Age fort situated 345 metres west-south-west of Mouse Bridge in Lanarkshire, Scotland. The site occupies bedrock of the Lanark Group, a formation of Early Devonian sandstone and conglomerate laid down in interbedded sequences, which would have provided a naturally defensible…

Black Hill,fort & cairn

Scheduled monument · Iron Age · ~3.1 miles

Blackhill,barrow 80m W of, Crossford

Scheduled monument · ~3.3 miles

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Battles near Lesmahagow

Strathaven march, Scottish Radical War, 1820

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Sources

Lesmahagow · Canmore

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