Scottish Raid on Morpeth 1314 was a medieval raid, fought at Northumberland, England in 1314. Scotland prevailed over England (Northumberland/Morpeth). Scottish raiding force under Edward Bruce, James Douglas and William Soules entered Northumberland and reached Morpeth, where two English tax collectors stationed in the town fled in terror on news of the army's approach; the raid then continued to Newburn-on-Tyne, where the Scots burned and devastated Newcastle. Sources do not record that Morpeth itself was burned.
The site of Scottish Raid on Morpeth 1314 lies on Pennine Lower Coal Measures Formation And South Wales Lower Coal Measures Formation (Undifferentiated), bedrock that formed in the Westphalian. The rock here is mudstone, siltstone, sandstone, coal, ironstone and ferricrete.
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