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Pentland

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

History & Significance

Pentland 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 Pentland lies on Strathclyde Group, bedrock that formed in the Visean. The rock here is sedimentary rock cycles, strathclyde group type.

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Overview
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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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Target Zones
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The whole story of the location told era by era, from prehistory to the present day.
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Scheduled Monuments near Pentland

Rosslyn Castle, Roslin
Rosslyn Castle, Roslin
Scheduled monument · ~1.7 mi

Rosslyn Castle is a medieval fortress situated in the parish of Roslin in Midlothian, south of Edinburgh. The castle was founded in the 14th century by the Sinclair family, who held it as their principal seat and strengthened their position as major landowners in the Lothians. The structure is ch…

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Galachlaw,cairn
Galachlaw,cairn
Scheduled monument · ~2.1 mi

Galachlaw cairn is a funerary monument of Neolithic or Bronze Age date located in Midlothian, Scotland. The cairn sits upon Devonian bedrock composed of felsic lava and tuff, part of the region's ancient volcanic geology. This geological foundation reflects the upland setting typical of cairn con…

Old Woodhouselee Castle
Old Woodhouselee Castle
Scheduled monument · ~2.1 mi

Old Woodhouselee Castle is a late medieval tower house located near Penicuik in Midlothian, Scotland. The castle dates to the fifteenth century and represents a characteristic example of the fortified domestic architecture favoured by the Scottish nobility and gentry during the late medieval peri…

Lasswade old parish church
Lasswade old parish church
Scheduled monument · ~2.7 mi

Lasswade old parish church is a medieval ecclesiastical site located in Midlothian, Scotland. The church has origins in the medieval period and served as the parish church for the local community, though the surviving structure reflects later modifications and rebuilding campaigns typical of Scot…

Rullion Green,stone circle
Rullion Green,stone circle
Scheduled monument · Bronze Age · ~2.7 mi

Rullion Green is a Bronze Age stone circle located in Midlothian, Scotland. The monument consists of a ring of stones positioned on bedrock formed from the Strathclyde Group sedimentary deposits, laid down during the Visean period of the Carboniferous era. This geological foundation has provided…

Newbigging,enclosure 400m WNW of
Newbigging,enclosure 400m WNW of
Scheduled monument · Post-Medieval · ~2.9 mi

Newbigging enclosure is a post-medieval field monument situated in Midlothian, Scotland, approximately 400 metres west-northwest of Newbigging itself. The enclosure represents the agricultural organisation of the Scottish lowlands during the early modern period, when fields were increasingly form…

Caerketton Hill,fort
Scheduled monument · Iron Age · ~1.2 miles
Mountmarle,cairn 260m SW of
Scheduled monument · ~1.4 miles
In the same landscape

Battles near Pentland

Battle of Roslin 1303
1303
~1.4 miles away
Battle of Roslin Glen
1303
~1.4 miles away
Caiyside Hill, Oxgangs, Edinburgh
~2.2 miles away
Englands Hill
~2.8 miles away
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