Battle Of Sark
Battle Site (15th Century)
Site Name Battle Of Sark
Classification Battle Site (15th Century)
Alternative Name(s) Lochmaben Stone; Old Graitney; Stormont
Canmore ID 67439
Site Number NY36NW 23
NGR NY 314 662
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/67439
- Council Dumfries And Galloway
- Parish Gretna
- Former Region Dumfries And Galloway
- Former District Annandale And Eskdale
- Former County Dumfries-shire
NY36NW 23 314 662.
(Name: NY 314 662) Site of Battle of Sark (NR) (AD 1448)
OS 25" map (1900)
On 23 October 1448 a Scottish Army under Ormond and Sir John Wallace of Craigie won a resounding victory over the forces of the younger Percy, at the Battle of Sark or Lochmaben Stone (Auchinleck Chronicle).
A I Dunlop 1950; W C Dickinson 1961.
There is nothing to mark the site of this battle on the ground and no further information could be found.
Visited by OS (RD) 18 June 1970
