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Redeswire Fray

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

History & Significance

Redeswire Fray 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 Redeswire Fray lies on Inverclyde Group, bedrock that formed in the Osagean. The rock here is sandstone, siltstone and mudstone.

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Scheduled Monuments near Redeswire Fray

Fort and earthworks, Shaw Craigs
Fort and earthworks, Shaw Craigs
Scheduled monument · ~2.4 mi

Fort and earthworks at Shaw Craigs is a defended settlement occupying a commanding position in Roxburghshire on bedrock of Silurian to Devonian age. The site rises from ancient mafic lavas and tuffs that form the geological foundation of this moorland landscape. The fort's elevated location would…

Wattie's Spindles, pele house and associated buildings
Wattie's Spindles, pele house and associated buildings
Scheduled monument · ~2.5 mi

Wattie's Spindles is a pele house and associated buildings located in Roxburghshire, Scotland. Pele houses were fortified residential structures built throughout the Anglo-Scottish border region from the 13th century onwards, serving as defensible dwellings for local landowners and their families…

Martinlee Plantation, enclosure 140m N of
Martinlee Plantation, enclosure 140m N of
Scheduled monument · Post-Medieval · ~2.9 mi

Martinlee Plantation enclosure is a post-medieval settlement earthwork located in Roxburghshire, south-east Scotland. The site sits upon sandstone, siltstone and mudstone bedrock of the Inverclyde Group, which provides a moderately stable foundation for the low-lying pastoral landscape in which i…

Martinlee Plantation, homestead SE of Martinlee Sike
Martinlee Plantation, homestead SE of Martinlee Sike
Scheduled monument · ~2.9 mi

Martinlee Plantation is a homestead located in Roxburghshire, south-east Scotland, situated near Martinlee Sike. The settlement occupies ground underlain by Inverclyde Group bedrock of Osagean age, comprising sandstone, siltstone and mudstone deposits that characterise the geology of this region.…

Martinlee Plantation, homestead NW of Martinlee Sike
Martinlee Plantation, homestead NW of Martinlee Sike
Scheduled monument · ~2.9 mi

Martinlee Plantation is a homestead situated in Roxburghshire, in the Scottish Borders. The settlement lies north-west of Martinlee Sike, a small watercourse that marks the local landscape. The homestead is founded on bedrock of the Inverclyde Group, a geological formation of sandstone, siltstone…

Mervinslaw Tower
Mervinslaw Tower
Scheduled monument · ~3.5 mi

Mervinslaw Tower is a defensive structure located in Roxburghshire in the Scottish Borders. The tower dates from the late medieval period and represents the type of fortified architecture characteristic of the turbulent border region between Scotland and England. The monument survives as a stone…

Chapel Knowe, farmstead 100m WSW of
Scheduled monument · Post-Medieval · ~2.3 miles
Goshen Hill, palisaded settlement
Scheduled monument · ~2.4 miles
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Battles near Redeswire Fray

Pictish Attack on Hadrian's Wall Outpost Forts, 180 AD
180
~10.9 miles away
Redesdale — English Warden Survey of Border Defences 1550
1550
~14.7 miles away
English Border, Scottish Raids 1332 to 1335
1332
~19.4 miles away
English invasion of Scotland
1385
~20.9 miles away
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