When did Simon's Knowe take place?

Simon's Knowe took place in an uncertain year, Scotland.

Who won Simon's Knowe?

The victor at Simon's Knowe is disputed or unrecorded in the surviving sources.

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Unknown Era

Simon's Knowe

Scotland

Era

Unknown Era

Battle Type

Pitched Battle

Location

Scotland

Status

Unregistered

The Battle

History & Significance

Simon's Knowe 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 Simon's Knowe lies on Gala Group, bedrock that formed in the Telychian. The rock here is wacke.

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Everything a full report reveals about Simon's Knowe

This page covers Simon's Knowe. 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

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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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Protected heritage nearby

Scheduled Monuments near Simon's Knowe

Wintercleugh,bastle house 1000m S of Tomont Hill

Scheduled monument · ~1.3 mi

Wintercleugh is a bastle house situated approximately one kilometre south of Tomont Hill in Lanarkshire, Scotland. Bastle houses were fortified farmsteads built across the Anglo-Scottish border region during the 16th and 17th centuries, constructed to provide secure refuge for livestock and inhab…

Crookedstane,platform settlement 200m E of

Scheduled monument · ~2 mi

Crookedstane is a platform settlement situated 200 metres east of its namesake stone in Lanarkshire, Scotland. The site comprises a levelled occupation area carved into the hillside, a characteristic settlement form of late prehistoric and early medieval communities in the Scottish uplands. Such…

Crooked Stone, standing stone 160m N of Crookedstane

Scheduled monument · Bronze Age · ~2.2 mi

Crooked Stone is a Bronze Age standing stone located in Lanarkshire, Scotland, situated 160 metres north of Crookedstane. The monument stands within an area of wacke bedrock belonging to the Shinnel and Glenlee Formations, glacially-worked terrain characteristic of the Southern Uplands. The stone…

Bodsberry Hill to Little Clyde,Roman road

Scheduled monument · Roman · ~2.3 mi

Bodsberry Hill to Little Clyde is a Roman road in Lanarkshire, Scotland, protected as a scheduled monument by Historic Environment Scotland. The road forms part of the network of military routes established during Rome's campaigns into Caledonia, linking forts and supply bases across the challeng…

Watermeetings,platform settlement 450m W of

Scheduled monument · ~2.9 mi

Watermeetings is a platform settlement situated 450 metres west of Watermeetings in Lanarkshire, Scotland. The site comprises a levelled platform cut into the hillside, a settlement form characteristic of prehistoric and early historic communities in upland Scotland. Such platforms, typically mea…

Bodsberry Hill,fort

Scheduled monument · Iron Age · ~2.9 mi

Bodsberry Hill is a Iron Age hill fort located in Lanarkshire, Scotland. The fort occupies a prominent hilltop position commanding views across the surrounding landscape, a siting typical of defensive settlements from this period. The underlying bedrock comprises wacke of the Shinnel and Glenlee…

Nap Hill, Roman signal station 900m SE of Little Clyde

Scheduled monument · Roman · ~1.4 miles

Little Clyde,Roman camp

Scheduled monument · Roman · ~1.7 miles

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Sources

Simon's Knowe · Canmore

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