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West Linton

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

History & Significance

West Linton 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 West Linton lies on Lanark Group, bedrock that formed in the Early Devonian. The rock here is sandstone and conglomerate, interbedded.

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Monuments
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Battlefields
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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
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Historical Maps
Ordnance Survey maps from the 1800s, layered over the location as it stands today.
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Scheduled Monuments near West Linton

Cock Rig to Linton Muir,Roman road
Cock Rig to Linton Muir,Roman road
Scheduled monument · Roman · ~2.3 mi

Cock Rig to Linton Muir is a Roman road in Peeblesshire, Scotland, protected by Historic Environment Scotland as a scheduled monument under reference SM3247. The route traverses terrain underlain by sedimentary rocks of the Strathclyde Group, formed during the Visean period, which would have pres…

Old Deepsykehead,enclosed cremation cemetery 270m SSE of
Old Deepsykehead,enclosed cremation cemetery 270m SSE of
Scheduled monument · ~2.3 mi

Old Deepsykehead is an enclosed cremation cemetery located in Peeblesshire, Scotland, approximately 270 metres south-south-east of the settlement from which it takes its name. The monument represents a Bronze Age burial tradition in which the cremated remains of the dead were interred within a de…

Romanno Mains, two barrows 550m SE of
Romanno Mains, two barrows 550m SE of
Scheduled monument · ~2.4 mi

Romanno Mains is a two barrows monument located in Peeblesshire, Scotland, situated approximately 550 metres south-east of the settlement after which it is named. The site occupies land underlain by wacke of the Tappins Group, bedrock formed during the Caradocian period of the Ordovician. This du…

Upper Whitfield,enclosures 375m SE and 350m ESE of
Upper Whitfield,enclosures 375m SE and 350m ESE of
Scheduled monument · Post-Medieval · ~2.5 mi

Upper Whitfield Enclosures is a pair of post-medieval field enclosures located in Peeblesshire, Scotland, situated 375 metres south-east and 350 metres east-south-east of Upper Whitfield farm. The monuments represent the organised agricultural management of the Borders landscape during the early…

North Muir,Upper Cairn
North Muir,Upper Cairn
Scheduled monument · ~2.5 mi

North Muir Upper Cairn is a prehistoric cairn situated in Peeblesshire in the Scottish Borders. The monument sits on bedrock of the Inverclyde Group, a geological formation of sandstone, siltstone and mudstone deposited during the Osagean period. This underlying geology would have provided access…

North Muir,cairns
North Muir,cairns
Scheduled monument · ~2.6 mi

North Muir cairns is a Bronze Age burial monument located in Peeblesshire, in the Scottish Borders. The site consists of multiple cairns constructed from stone gathered across the moorland landscape. These monuments were built above bedrock of the Inverclyde Group, a sequence of sandstone, siltst…

South Slipperfield,barrows 1850m SSW and 1620m S of
Scheduled monument · ~1.3 miles
Hardgatehead,Roman road and turnpike road 600m SW of
Scheduled monument · Roman · ~1.6 miles
In the same landscape

Battles near West Linton

Romanno
~2 miles away
Monk's Haugh
~4 miles away
Ladyurd
~5.2 miles away
Battle of Happrew 1304
1304
~6.6 miles away
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