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Blackhouse

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

History & Significance

Blackhouse 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 Blackhouse lies on Unnamed Extrusive Rocks, Silurian To Devonian, bedrock that formed in the Devonian. The rock here is mafic lava and mafic tuff.

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Monuments
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Battlefields
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Roman Britain
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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
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Scheduled Monuments near Blackhouse

Mayfield, enclosure 780m NNW of
Mayfield, enclosure 780m NNW of
Scheduled monument · Post-Medieval · ~0.8 mi

Mayfield, enclosure 780m north-north-west of Mayfield is a post-medieval enclosure located in Berwickshire, south-east Scotland. The monument lies upon bedrock of the Gala Group, a formation of wacke that was laid down during the Telychian period of the Silurian geological epoch. This hard, compe…

Bonkyl and Preston parish church, church 10m S of
Bonkyl and Preston parish church, church 10m S of
Scheduled monument · Medieval · ~1.1 mi

Bonkyl and Preston parish church is a medieval church located in Berwickshire, Scotland, situated approximately ten metres south of the settlement. The structure dates from the medieval period and represents the religious and communal centre of the parish. The church survives as a testament to me…

Bunkle Castle
Bunkle Castle
Scheduled monument · ~1.2 mi

Bunkle Castle is a late medieval fortified tower house located in Berwickshire, in the Scottish Borders. The structure dates to the fifteenth or sixteenth century and represents the domestic military architecture characteristic of the Border region during a period of frequent Anglo-Scottish confl…

Brendandh / CC BY 3.0 / Wikimedia Commons
Blanerne Castle
Blanerne Castle
Scheduled monument · ~2.4 mi

Blanerne Castle is a medieval fortified structure located in Berwickshire, Scottish Borders. The castle dates to the medieval period and represents the defensive architecture typical of the Border region during a period of considerable strategic importance. The site survives as earthwork remains…

Walter Baxter / CC BY-SA 2.0 / Wikimedia Commons
Preston Market Cross, 35m ESE of 1 Preston Cottages
Preston Market Cross, 35m ESE of 1 Preston Cottages
Scheduled monument · ~2.6 mi

Preston Market Cross is a stone monument located in Berwickshire, Scotland, situated 35 metres east-south-east of Preston Cottages. The cross stands on bedrock formed from the Inverclyde Group, a geological formation of sandstone, siltstone and mudstone dating from the Osagean period. This stable…

Greenwood, settlement 270m SE of
Greenwood, settlement 270m SE of
Scheduled monument · ~2.8 mi

Greenwood is a settlement located in Berwickshire, south-east Scotland. The site lies upon bedrock of the Gala Group, a formation of wacke deposited during the Telychian period of the Silurian. This underlying geology of hard, compacted sedimentary rock would have presented particular challenges…

Fosterlands, fort 500m N of
Scheduled monument · Iron Age · ~0.5 miles
Fosterlands, enclosure 695m N of
Scheduled monument · Post-Medieval · ~0.6 miles
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Battles near Blackhouse

Scottish invasion of northern England, 1496: Warbeck campaign
1496
~12.3 miles away
Second Bishops' War: Covenanting Army Crosses the Tweed at Coldstream, 1640
1640
~12.7 miles away
Siege of Wark (1138)
1138
~13.3 miles away
Siege of Wark Castle 1138
1138
~13.3 miles away
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