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Mainslaughter Law

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

History & Significance

Mainslaughter Law 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 Mainslaughter Law lies on Gala Group, bedrock that formed in the Telychian. The rock here is wacke.

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Protected heritage nearby

Scheduled Monuments near Mainslaughter Law

Penshiel Grange
Penshiel Grange
Scheduled monument · ~2.3 mi

Penshiel Grange is a medieval monastic grange or farm complex located in East Lothian, Scotland. The site dates from the medieval period and functioned as an agricultural and economic dependency, likely associated with one of the major religious houses in the region. The grange would have served…

Mutiny Stones,long cairn 1100m NNW of Byrecleugh
Mutiny Stones,long cairn 1100m NNW of Byrecleugh
Scheduled monument · Neolithic · ~2.4 mi

Mutiny Stones is a Neolithic long cairn located approximately 1100 metres north-north-west of Byrecleugh in Berwickshire, Scotland. The monument dates to the Neolithic period and represents a type of burial structure characteristic of early farming communities in Scotland, likely constructed betw…

Lisa Jarvis / CC BY-SA 2.0 / Wikimedia Commons
Gamelshiel Castle
Gamelshiel Castle
Scheduled monument · ~3.1 mi

Gamelshiel Castle is a ruined fortified structure located in East Lothian, Scotland. The castle dates to the medieval period and represents a modest defensive settlement of the Scottish Borders region. Its remains exhibit characteristic features of small-scale castle architecture typical of the l…

Chris Eilbeck / CC BY-SA 2.0 / Wikimedia Commons
Dirrington Great Law,three cairns
Dirrington Great Law,three cairns
Scheduled monument · ~3.9 mi

Dirrington Great Law is a Bronze Age ceremonial complex consisting of three cairns situated on high ground in Berwickshire, Scottish Borders. The monument occupies a prominent ridge position where underlying Permian igneous rock outcrops through the moorland, creating a naturally distinctive loca…

Evelaw Tower
Evelaw Tower
Scheduled monument · ~4.6 mi
John Whelan / CC BY-SA 2.0 / Wikimedia Commons
White Castle,fort
White Castle,fort
Scheduled monument · Iron Age · ~6.1 mi

White Castle fort is an Iron Age fortified settlement located in East Lothian, Scotland. The site consists of a univallate hill fort, defined by a single defensive rampart that encloses the hilltop settlement, typical of Iron Age defensive architecture in southeastern Scotland. The fort dates to…

Mainslaughter Law,cairn
Scheduled monument · ~0.2 miles
Fort, 690m SW of the summit of Wrunk Law
Scheduled monument · ~1.3 miles
In the same landscape

Battles near Mainslaughter Law

Battle of Duns
1372
~8.6 miles away
Battle of Nesbit Moor
1402
~11 miles away
Battle of Lauder Bridge 1482
1482
~11.1 miles away
Rough Wooing — English garrison at Lauder 1544
1544
~11.4 miles away
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