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Mainslaughter Law

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

History & Significance

Mainslaughter Law 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 Mainslaughter Law lies on Gala Group, bedrock that formed in the Telychian. The rock here is wacke.

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Protected heritage nearby

Scheduled Monuments near Mainslaughter Law

Mainslaughter Law,cairn
Mainslaughter Law,cairn
Scheduled monument · ~0.2 mi

Mainslaughter Law is a cairn situated in Berwickshire in the Scottish Borders. The monument stands on bedrock of the Gala Group, a formation of wacke laid down during the Telychian period of the early Silurian. The name Mainslaughter, recorded in historical sources relating to this locality, sugg…

Fort, 690m SW of the summit of Wrunk Law
Fort, 690m SW of the summit of Wrunk Law
Scheduled monument · ~1.3 mi

Fort 690m south-west of the summit of Wrunk Law is a hillfort situated in the rolling landscape of Berwickshire. The monument stands on bedrock of the Gala Group, a wacke formation dating to the Telychian period, which provides a firm foundation across this moorland terrain. The fort's positionin…

Chester's Dikes, settlement
Chester's Dikes, settlement
Scheduled monument · ~1.3 mi

Chester's Dikes is a settlement in Berwickshire, Scottish Borders, protected as a scheduled monument by Historic Environment Scotland. The site lies on bedrock of the Gala Group, a wacke formation dating to the Telychian period of the Early Silurian, which provides a relatively firm foundation ac…

Cranshaws House, church and burial ground 150m SE of
Cranshaws House, church and burial ground 150m SE of
Scheduled monument · Medieval · ~1.8 mi

Cranshaws House, church and burial ground is a medieval ecclesiastical site in Berwickshire, Scotland, situated on bedrock of the Gala Group wacke formation of Telychian age. The church and its associated burial ground lie approximately 150 metres south-east of Cranshaws House, occupying a landsc…

Gamelshiel, settlement & field system 950m ESE of
Gamelshiel, settlement & field system 950m ESE of
Scheduled monument · Post-Medieval · ~2.3 mi

Gamelshiel is a post-medieval settlement and field system located in East Lothian, Scotland, situated 950 metres east-south-east of a reference point now lost to time. The site occupies ground underlain by Gala Group wacke, a hard sandstone-type rock formed during the Telychian period of the Silu…

Penshiel Grange
Penshiel Grange
Scheduled monument · ~2.3 mi

Penshiel Grange is a medieval monastic grange or farm complex located in East Lothian, Scotland. The site dates from the medieval period and functioned as an agricultural and economic dependency, likely associated with one of the major religious houses in the region. The grange would have served…

Friars Nose,fort
Scheduled monument · Iron Age · ~2 miles
Rathburne House, tower house 180m NNW of
Scheduled monument · ~2.3 miles
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Battles near Mainslaughter Law

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1482
~11.1 miles away
Rough Wooing — English garrison at Lauder 1544
1544
~11.4 miles away
Lauder
~11.4 miles away
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