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Redesdale — English Warden Survey of Border Defences 1550

1550
Northumberland, England
Era
Tudor
Battle Type
Pitched Battle
Location
Northumberland, England
Status
Unregistered
Outcome
Survey documented Redesdale defensive capabilities; Privy Council informed of persistent raiding; recommendations for improvement made but few implemented due to cost; pattern of raiding unchanged.
The Battle

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Redesdale — English Warden Survey of Border Defences 1550 was a Tudor pitched battle between opposing field armies, fought at Northumberland, England in 1550. Survey documented Redesdale defensive capabilities; Privy Council informed of persistent raiding; recommendations for improvement made but few implemented due to cost; pattern of raiding unchanged.

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The ground they fought on

The site of Redesdale — English Warden Survey of Border Defences 1550 lies on Yoredale Group, bedrock that formed in the Bashkirian. The rock here is limestone, argillaceous rocks and subordinate sandstone, interbedded.

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Scheduled Monuments near Redesdale — English Warden Survey of Border Defences 1550

Low Cleughs Bastle, 580m NNE of Low Leam Farm
Low Cleughs Bastle, 580m NNE of Low Leam Farm
Scheduled monument · ~2 mi

Low Cleughs Bastle is a defensible farmstead of late medieval date situated in the Northumberland borderlands. The structure belongs to the bastle-house tradition characteristic of the Anglo-Scottish border region, where fortified domestic buildings provided protection against raiding during the…

Pete Saunders / CC BY-SA 2.0 / Wikimedia Commons
Habitancum Roman fort and medieval settlement
Habitancum Roman fort and medieval settlement
Scheduled monument · ~2.7 mi

Habitancum is a Roman auxiliary fort located near Hadrian's Wall in Northumberland, England. The fort was established during the second century AD as part of the military infrastructure supporting the Wall and served as a garrison for auxiliary troops responsible for frontier defence and control…

Pete Saunders / CC BY-SA 2.0 / Wikimedia Commons
Prehistoric settlement, funerary and agricultural remains, 650m south of South Monkridge Bridge
Prehistoric settlement, funerary and agricultural remains, 650m south of South Monkridge Bridge
Scheduled monument · ~3 mi

Prehistoric settlement, funerary and agricultural remains, 650m south of South Monkridge Bridge is a Bronze Age and Iron Age monument complex located in Northumberland. The site comprises settlement structures, burial features, and field systems that reflect patterns of habitation and land use du…

Fishponds, 200m south west of Townfoot Farm
Fishponds, 200m south west of Townfoot Farm
Scheduled monument · ~3.1 mi

Fishponds, located 200 metres south-west of Townfoot Farm in Northumberland, is a series of medieval or post-medieval artificial water features. The site comprises a sequence of earthwork ponds constructed to manage water flow and likely served agricultural or manorial purposes common to the medi…

Medieval wayside cross, 200m NNW of Brownrigg
Medieval wayside cross, 200m NNW of Brownrigg
Scheduled monument · ~3.2 mi

The Medieval wayside cross located 200 metres north-north-west of Brownrigg is a scheduled ancient monument in Northumberland. The cross dates to the medieval period and represents the type of religious monument commonly erected along routes and at significant points in the medieval landscape, se…

Mike Rayner / CC BY-SA 2.0 / Wikimedia Commons
'Robin of Risingham' Roman Rock Carving
'Robin of Risingham' Roman Rock Carving
Scheduled monument · ~3.5 mi

Robin of Risingham Roman Rock Carving is a rock art panel located in Northumberland, England, carved into natural stone and bearing Roman-period imagery. The carving dates to the Romano-British period and represents an important example of rock art from the Roman occupation of northern Britain. T…

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Romano-British farmstead 850m south of Troughend
Scheduled monument · ~1.3 miles
Romano-British farmstead on Wood Hill 800m north west of Old Town Cottages
Scheduled monument · ~1.9 miles
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