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Whithorn

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

History & Significance

Whithorn 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 Whithorn lies on Hawick Group, bedrock that formed in the Wenlock. The rock here is wacke.

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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
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
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Scheduled Monuments near Whithorn

Whithorn Priory, monastic settlement and priory
Whithorn Priory, monastic settlement and priory
Scheduled monument · Medieval · ~0.3 mi

Whithorn Priory is a medieval monastic settlement and priory situated in Wigtownshire, south-west Scotland, founded in the twelfth century as a daughter house of the Premonstratensian order. The site represents one of Scotland's most significant early Christian centres, with occupation extending…

Glasserton,cup & ring marked rocks
Glasserton,cup & ring marked rocks
Scheduled monument · ~2.7 mi

Glasserton cup and ring marked rocks is a Bronze Age ceremonial or ritual site located in Wigtownshire, south-west Scotland. The monuments consist of naturally exposed bedrock of the Hawick Group, a tough wacke formation that dates geologically to the Wenlock period of the Silurian. These ancient…

St Ninian's Cave
St Ninian's Cave
Scheduled monument · ~2.7 mi

St Ninian's Cave is a natural rock shelter located near Whithorn in Wigtownshire, south-west Scotland, traditionally associated with the early Christian saint Ninian. The cave contains medieval carved crosses and other incised markings on its walls, evidence of its use as a place of Christian pil…

Akinom / CC BY-SA 3.0 / Wikimedia Commons
Cruggleton Castle
Cruggleton Castle
Scheduled monument · ~3.3 mi

Cruggleton Castle is a medieval stronghold situated on the Rhinns of Galloway in Wigtownshire, South West Scotland. The castle comprises the remains of a substantial stone keep and associated defensive works, dating principally to the thirteenth century, though the site may have had earlier forti…

St Ninian's Chapel, Isle of Whithorn
St Ninian's Chapel, Isle of Whithorn
Scheduled monument · ~3.4 mi

St Ninian's Chapel is a medieval stone chapel situated on the Isle of Whithorn in Wigtownshire, southwestern Scotland. The building stands on bedrock of Silurian siltstone, part of the ancient sedimentary geology that underlies this peninsula. The chapel dates to the medieval period and is closel…

Van de Beek / CC BY-SA 3.0 / Wikimedia Commons
Garlieston, Mulberry harbour remains 2070m ENE, 1035m E and 1860m S of
Garlieston, Mulberry harbour remains 2070m ENE, 1035m E and 1860m S of
Scheduled monument · ~3.6 mi

Garlieston Mulberry Harbour Remains is a Second World War artificial harbour installation located in Wigtownshire, south-western Scotland. The site comprises scattered remains of the Mulberry harbour system, with structural elements distributed across the coastal landscape at varying distances fr…

Rispain Camp
Scheduled monument · ~0.6 miles
Little Balsmith,standing stone
Scheduled monument · Bronze Age · ~1.7 miles
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Kidsdale
~2.2 miles away
Bloody Moss Plantation
~3.1 miles away
Dowalton Farm
~4.3 miles away
Claycrop
~6.7 miles away
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