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Longniddry Farm

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

History & Significance

Longniddry Farm 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 Longniddry Farm lies on Clackmannan Group, bedrock that formed in the Westphalian. The rock here is sedimentary rock cycles, clackmannan group type.

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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
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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.
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Scheduled Monuments near Longniddry Farm

Seton Mains, fort
Seton Mains, fort
Scheduled monument · Iron Age · ~1.2 mi

Seton Mains is a fort dating to the Iron Age, located in East Lothian in the Scottish Lowlands. The monument occupies ground underlain by Clackmannan Group sedimentary rocks, formed during the Westphalian period of the Carboniferous age. This solid geology would have provided a stable foundation…

Adamcoulson / CC BY-SA 4.0 / Wikimedia Commons
Redhouse Castle
Redhouse Castle
Scheduled monument · ~1.3 mi

Redhouse Castle is a 16th-century tower house situated in East Lothian, Scotland. The structure represents a typical example of Scottish defensive domestic architecture from the early modern period, constructed as a fortified residence for a family of local standing. The castle exhibits the chara…

Seton Collegiate Church
Seton Collegiate Church
Scheduled monument · ~1.7 mi

Seton Collegiate Church is a fifteenth-century ecclesiastical foundation located in East Lothian, Scotland. The church was established as a collegiate institution, a form of religious community common in late medieval Scotland, and reflects the wealth and piety of the Seton family who held consid…

Spittal,enclosures 200m NE of
Spittal,enclosures 200m NE of
Scheduled monument · Post-Medieval · ~1.7 mi

Spittal, enclosures 200m NE of is a post-medieval settlement visible as earthwork remains in East Lothian, Scotland. The site comprises enclosed fields and structures characteristic of early modern agricultural reorganisation, lying on bedrock of the Strathclyde Group, a sequence of sedimentary r…

Kilspindie Castle,castle and settlement
Kilspindie Castle,castle and settlement
Scheduled monument · Medieval · ~2.7 mi

Kilspindie Castle is a medieval stronghold located in East Lothian, Scotland, which served as a fortified residence during the later medieval period. The castle comprises a substantial stone structure characteristic of Scottish baronial architecture, positioned to command its immediate landscape.…

Tranent Tower
Tranent Tower
Scheduled monument · ~3 mi

Tranent Tower is a late medieval fortified tower house located in East Lothian, Scotland. The structure dates from the sixteenth century and represents a typical example of the smaller defensive domestic architecture constructed during the period of increased border tensions and local feuding tha…

james denham / CC BY-SA 2.0 / Wikimedia Commons
Southfield,ring ditch 350m SW of
Scheduled monument · ~1 miles
Seton Mains, enclosure and ring ditch, 300m NE of
Scheduled monument · Post-Medieval · ~1 miles
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Battles near Longniddry Farm

Pathhead
~8.2 miles away
Malcolm II Campaigns to Secure Lothian 1006-1018
1006
~8.6 miles away
Battle of Roslin 1303
1303
~13.2 miles away
Battle of Roslin Glen
1303
~13.2 miles away
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