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Ednam

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

History & Significance

Ednam 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 Ednam lies on Inverclyde Group, bedrock that formed in the Osagean. The rock here is sandstone, siltstone and mudstone.

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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
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.
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Scheduled Monuments near Ednam

Piper's Grave,cists
Piper's Grave,cists
Scheduled monument · Bronze Age · ~0.2 mi

Piper's Grave is a Bronze Age cist cemetery located in Roxburghshire, Scotland. Cists of this period typically consisted of stone-built burial chambers, constructed from flat slabs of stone arranged to form a small rectangular box to contain inhumated remains, often accompanied by grave goods suc…

Old Roxburgh,deserted town between River Teviot & River Tweed
Old Roxburgh,deserted town between River Teviot & River Tweed
Scheduled monument · ~2.1 mi

Old Roxburgh is a deserted medieval town situated on a peninsula formed by the confluence of the River Teviot and River Tweed in Roxburghshire, Scotland. The site occupies a strategically prominent position where these two major river valleys meet, with the underlying bedrock composed of Invercly…

Roxburgh Castle
Roxburgh Castle
Scheduled monument · ~2.3 mi

Roxburgh Castle is a ruined medieval fortress situated on a strategic peninsula formed by the confluence of the Rivers Tweed and Teviot in the Scottish Borders. The castle was established in the 12th century and developed as a royal stronghold of considerable importance, particularly during the A…

Hume Castle, castle and associated settlement
Hume Castle, castle and associated settlement
Scheduled monument · Medieval · ~3.1 mi

Hume Castle is a medieval fortress situated in Berwickshire, Scotland, commanding a prominent hilltop position in the borderlands. The castle was built in the late thirteenth century and became a significant stronghold during the Anglo-Scottish wars, functioning as a key defensive structure contr…

james denham / CC BY-SA 2.0 / Wikimedia Commons
Crosshall,cross
Crosshall,cross
Scheduled monument · ~3.8 mi

Crosshall Cross is a medieval stone cross located in Berwickshire, Scottish Borders. The monument dates to the medieval period and represents the type of wayside or parish cross that served important communal functions in medieval Scottish settlements. Such crosses typically marked significant lo…

Outlines of figures retraced from original version by Franz van Duns, / CC BY 4.0 / Wikimedia Commons
Wallace's Tower
Wallace's Tower
Scheduled monument · ~4.4 mi

Wallace's Tower is a late medieval tower structure located in Roxburghshire, Scotland. The tower dates to the fifteenth or sixteenth century and stands as a substantial stone-built fortification typical of the border region during this period. It is associated with the Wallace family, one of the…

Whitmuirhaugh,settlement & cemetery
Scheduled monument · ~1.8 miles
Kelso Abbey
Scheduled monument · ~2.1 miles
In the same landscape

Battles near Ednam

Hertford's Second Raid
1545
~1.8 miles away
Sprouston
~1.8 miles away
Siege of Roxburgh Castle
1314
~2.3 miles away
Capture of Roxburgh (1460)
1460
~2.3 miles away
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