When did Peeblesshire take place?

Peeblesshire took place in an uncertain year, Scotland.

Who won Peeblesshire?

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

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Unknown Era

Peeblesshire

Scotland

Era

Unknown Era

Battle Type

Pitched Battle

Location

Scotland

Status

Unregistered

The Battle

History & Significance

Peeblesshire 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 Peeblesshire lies on Shinnel Formation And Glenlee Formation (Undifferentiated), bedrock that formed in the Ashgill. The rock here is wacke.

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This page covers Peeblesshire. A full Aubrey report for the area pulls together this battle alongside scheduled monuments and everything else the record holds within a few miles:

Overview

An interactive map of the location with every monument and battle plotted, and a plain-language history built only from what the record holds.

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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A deep dive into the most remarkable, lesser-known history of the place, traced back to the record.

Target Zones

For detectorists: the most promising ground to search nearby, ranked by confidence, with what to expect.

Timeline

The whole story of the location told era by era, from prehistory to the present day.

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Protected heritage nearby

Scheduled Monuments near Peeblesshire

Sheriff Muir Cottages,standing stones 520m W of

Scheduled monument · Bronze Age · ~0.1 mi

Sheriff Muir Cottages standing stones is a Bronze Age monument in Peeblesshire, Scotland, consisting of upright stones set within the rolling moorland landscape of the Scottish Borders. The stones stand approximately 520 metres west of Sheriff Muir Cottages, positioned on bedrock formed from Shin…

Sheriff Muir, cairn

Scheduled monument · ~0.2 mi

Sheriff Muir is a cairn situated in Peeblesshire, in the Scottish Borders. The monument occupies ground underlain by the Shinnel and Glenlee Formations, Ashgill-age wacke bedrock typical of the Southern Uplands geology of this region. The site is protected as a scheduled monument by Historic Envi…

Roman fort and annexe, 270m NNE of 3 Easter Happrew Cottages

Scheduled monument · ~0.4 mi

# Easter Happrew Roman Fort Easter Happrew Roman fort is a Roman fort and annexe located in Peeblesshire, Scotland, situated 270 metres north-north-east of Easter Happrew Cottages. The fort is designated as a scheduled monument under Historic Environment Scotland reference SM1493 and represents a…

Meldon Bridge,pit alignment 250m W of

Scheduled monument · ~0.4 mi

Meldon Bridge pit alignment is a prehistoric earthwork situated in Peeblesshire, some 250 metres west of Meldon Bridge. The monument consists of a series of pits deliberately dug into the local landscape, forming a linear arrangement characteristic of pit alignments found across Bronze Age Britai…

Lyne,Roman fort,annexes and fortlet

Scheduled monument · Iron Age · ~0.9 mi

Lyne is a Roman fort, annexes and fortlet situated in Peeblesshire, Scotland, protected as a scheduled monument by Historic Environment Scotland. The site occupies ground underlain by wacke bedrock of the Portpatrick and Glenwhargen Formations, dating to the Caradocian period. This geology would…

Syke Hill,fort

Scheduled monument · Iron Age · ~1.2 mi

Syke Hill fort is an Iron Age hillfort located in Peeblesshire, in the Scottish Borders. The monument occupies a commanding position above the local landscape, exploiting the defensive advantages of its elevated terrain. The underlying bedrock consists of wacke from the Gala Group, deposited duri…

Lyne, Roman temporary camp

Scheduled monument · Roman · ~0.6 miles

Kerr's Knowe, fort

Scheduled monument · Iron Age · ~1.4 miles

In the same landscape

Battles near Peeblesshire

Battle of Happrew 1304

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Sources

Peeblesshire · Canmore

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