When did Millerton Hill take place?

Millerton Hill took place in an uncertain year, Scotland.

Who won Millerton Hill?

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

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Millerton Hill

Scotland

Era

Unknown Era

Battle Type

Pitched Battle

Location

Scotland

Status

Unregistered

The Battle

History & Significance

Millerton Hill 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 Millerton Hill lies on Reston Group, bedrock that formed in the Early Devonian. The rock here is conglomerate and [subequal/subordinate] sandstone, interbedded.

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Monuments

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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.

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Protected heritage nearby

Scheduled Monuments near Millerton Hill

Horn Burn, settlement 635m W of

Scheduled monument · ~0.8 mi

Horn Burn is a settlement situated in Berwickshire, in the Scottish Borders, protected as a scheduled monument by Historic Environment Scotland. The site lies on bedrock of the Reston Group, Early Devonian conglomerate and sandstone formed during a period of significant geological upheaval in wha…

Lodge Cottage, unenclosed settlement and field system 490m ENE of

Scheduled monument · Post-Medieval · ~1.8 mi

Lodge Cottage is a post-medieval unenclosed settlement and field system situated 490 metres north-east of the main dwelling in Berwickshire, Scotland. The settlement comprises dispersed domestic and agricultural buildings arranged without formal enclosure, a settlement pattern characteristic of u…

Huldies Cottage, enclosures 175m SW of

Scheduled monument · Post-Medieval · ~1.8 mi

Huldies Cottage enclosures is a post-medieval field monument located in Berwickshire, Scotland, comprising a series of earthwork enclosures situated 175 metres south-west of Huldies Cottage itself. The site is protected as a scheduled monument by Historic Environment Scotland under reference SM12…

Habchester,fort 1100m ESE of Bastleridge

Scheduled monument · Iron Age · ~2.1 mi

Habchester is a hillfort located 1100 metres east-south-east of Bastleridge in Berwickshire, Scotland. The fort occupies land underlain by Hawick Group wacke, a hard sedimentary rock formed during the Wenlock period that would have presented a challenging foundation for Iron Age builders. The sit…

Foulden Old Tithe Barn

Scheduled monument · ~2.5 mi

Foulden Old Tithe Barn is a substantial stone-built agricultural structure located in Berwickshire, in the Scottish Borders. The barn dates from the medieval period and served as a tithe barn, used to store a portion of the agricultural produce owed to the church as a form of tax. Its constructio…

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Redhall, enclosure 280m SE of

Scheduled monument · Post-Medieval · ~2.6 mi

Redhall is a post-medieval enclosure located in Berwickshire, Scotland, situated 280 metres south-east of Redhall itself. The monument lies on bedrock of the Hawick Group, a Silurian wacke formation named after the neighbouring town and dating to the Wenlock period. This hard, fine-grained sandst…

Horn Burn, unenclosed settlement 375m NNW of and 265m N of

Scheduled monument · ~0.8 miles

Bleachfield, settlement, enclosure, pit alignment 160m and 460m W of

Scheduled monument · Post-Medieval · ~0.9 miles

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Millerton Hill · Canmore

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