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Newton Stewart

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

History & Significance

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

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Scheduled Monuments near Newton Stewart

Creebridge, cairn 400m E of
Creebridge, cairn 400m E of
Scheduled monument · ~0.6 mi

Creebridge Cairn, 400 metres east of Creebridge in Kirkcudbrightshire, is a Bronze Age burial monument constructed on bedrock of the Gala Group, a formation of wacke laid down during the Telychian period of the Silurian era. The wacke's relatively soft, weathered character would have presented ac…

Minnigaff, motte S of Monigaff Parish Church
Minnigaff, motte S of Monigaff Parish Church
Scheduled monument · Medieval · ~1.2 mi

Minnigaff motte is a medieval earthwork situated south of Monigaff Parish Church in Kirkcudbrightshire, in the south-west of Scotland. The monument comprises a mound characteristic of motte-and-bailey fortifications, a form of castle common throughout Britain and Normandy from the eleventh centur…

Minnigaff, Old Church
Minnigaff, Old Church
Scheduled monument · Medieval · ~1.3 mi

Minnigaff Old Church is a medieval church located in Kirkcudbrightshire in the south-west of Scotland. The building stands on bedrock of Gala Group wacke, a hard sandstone formed during the Telychian period of the Silurian, which provides the stable geological foundation typical of this region. T…

Blackcraig lead mines, lade, dressing floors, smelt mill and miners' cottages, Blackcraig
Blackcraig lead mines, lade, dressing floors, smelt mill and miners' cottages, Blackcraig
Scheduled monument · ~1.4 mi

Blackcraig lead mines is a complex of industrial and domestic structures associated with lead extraction and processing in Kirkcudbrightshire. The site comprises a lade, dressing floors, smelt mill and miners' cottages, representing the full scope of lead mining operations from extraction through…

Boreland,chambered cairn
Boreland,chambered cairn
Scheduled monument · Neolithic · ~2.6 mi

Boreland is a Neolithic chambered cairn located in Kirkcudbrightshire in south-western Scotland. The monument sits upon bedrock of the Shinnel and Glenlee Formations, an undifferentiated wacke deposit of Ashgill age that would have been well-established in the landscape when the cairn was constru…

Machars Hill,motte
Machars Hill,motte
Scheduled monument · Medieval · ~2.8 mi

Machars Hill motte is a medieval earthwork fortification located in Kirkcudbrightshire, Scotland. The monument comprises an artificial mound characteristic of motte-and-bailey castles, a widespread defensive form across Britain and northern Europe from the eleventh century onwards. The site sits…

High Baltersan,cairn
Scheduled monument · ~2.3 miles
Garlies Castle
Scheduled monument · ~2.4 miles
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