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West Sidewood

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

History & Significance

West Sidewood 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 Sidewood lies on Strathclyde Group, bedrock that formed in the Visean. The rock here is sedimentary rock cycles, strathclyde group type.

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Monuments
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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
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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 Sidewood

Wester Yardhouses, souterrain 180m WNW of
Wester Yardhouses, souterrain 180m WNW of
Scheduled monument · Iron Age · ~1.8 mi

Wester Yardhouses is a souterrain, an underground stone-built chamber typical of Iron Age settlement in Scotland. Located in Lanarkshire, the monument lies approximately 180 metres west-north-west of Wester Yardhouses farm. Souterrains served various purposes for Iron Age communities, functioning…

Wester Yardhouses, hut-circles and cairns 270m SSW of
Wester Yardhouses, hut-circles and cairns 270m SSW of
Scheduled monument · ~1.8 mi

Wester Yardhouses is a hut-circles and cairns site located in Lanarkshire, Scotland, positioned approximately 270 metres south-south-west of its designated reference point. The monument comprises the earthwork remains of domestic occupation and burial structures characteristic of later prehistori…

Couthally Castle,Carnwath
Couthally Castle,Carnwath
Scheduled monument · ~1.9 mi

Couthally Castle is a ruined stronghold located near Carnwath in South Lanarkshire, Scotland. The castle dates from the medieval period, though the precise construction date remains uncertain from surviving evidence. It comprises the remains of a substantial stone structure that would have served…

Wester Yardhouses, cairn 630m S of
Wester Yardhouses, cairn 630m S of
Scheduled monument · ~2 mi

Wester Yardhouses is a cairn located in Lanarkshire, Scotland, situated 630 metres south of the settlement of Wester Yardhouses. The monument stands on bedrock of the Inverclyde Group, a geological formation dating to the Osagean period, composed of sandstone, siltstone and mudstone. This stable…

Craigiehall, hut-circle 630m ESE of
Craigiehall, hut-circle 630m ESE of
Scheduled monument · ~2 mi

Craigiehall hut-circle, located 630 metres east-south-east of Craigiehall in Lanarkshire, is a prehistoric domestic dwelling of the type common across upland Scotland. The structure survives as a circular or sub-circular depression, characteristic of Iron Age settlement patterns in the region. Su…

Hare Law, cairn 730m SSE of Wester Yardhouses
Hare Law, cairn 730m SSE of Wester Yardhouses
Scheduled monument · ~2.1 mi

Hare Law is a cairn situated 730 metres south-south-east of Wester Yardhouses in Lanarkshire, Scotland. The monument stands on bedrock of the Inverclyde Group, Carboniferous sandstones, siltstones and mudstones that underlie this upland landscape. Cairns of this type typically date from the Bronz…

Calla,broch 650m S of
Scheduled monument · Iron Age · ~1.8 miles
Wester Yardhouses, hut-circle 470m SSE of
Scheduled monument · ~2 miles
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Battles near West Sidewood

Cobbinshaw Reservoir
~4.7 miles away
Battle of Leghorn
1653
~5.6 miles away
Action at Lanark
1297
~7.4 miles away
Blackburn
~8.5 miles away
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