'Battle Of Crosstab'
Battle Site (Early Medieval)(Possible)
Site Name 'Battle Of Crosstab'
Classification Battle Site (Early Medieval)(Possible)
Canmore ID 43007
Site Number NS45NE 6
NGR NS 49 59
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/43007
- Council Renfrewshire
- Parish Paisley (Renfrew)
- Former Region Strathclyde
- Former District Renfrew
- Former County Renfrewshire
NS45NE 6 49 59.
The Battle of Crosstab (Crosstobs: name NS 4979 6013), involving the Danes, took place about a mile N of Arthurlie, where a stone pillar formerly stood, said to have been erected to commemorate the battle. (See NS45NE 5 for the stone pillar).
T E Cooke 1873
I have no information as to this battle, which I regard as apocryphal. Even Boece (who found so many battles against the Danes otherwise unknown to history) says nothing of it.
Information from J D Madie, History Dept, Glasgow University, 28 November 1956.
