Mauchline Moor
Battle Site (17th Century)
Site Name Mauchline Moor
Classification Battle Site (17th Century)
Canmore ID 42703
Site Number NS42NE 4
NGR NS 4970 2636
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/42703
- Council East Ayrshire
- Parish Mauchline
- Former Region Strathclyde
- Former District Cumnock And Doon Valley
- Former County Ayrshire
NS42NE 4 4970 2636.
(NS 4970 2636) Site of (NAT)
Battle of Mauchline Muir (NR) 1648
OS 6" map (1967)
A skirmish took place here in 1648 (the New Statistical Account [NSA]) gives about 1647) between Middleton's troop and a body of Covenanters. The result was rather uncertain, though the latter are traditionally said to have won.
J T Gibb 1911; NSA 1845 (J Tod); Name Book 1856
