'General Leslie's Camp', Doon Hill
Encampment (Period Unassigned)
Site Name 'General Leslie's Camp', Doon Hill
Classification Encampment (Period Unassigned)
Canmore ID 57654
Site Number NT67NE 50
NGR NT 685 755
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/57654
- Council East Lothian
- Parish Spott (East Lothian)
- Former Region Lothian
- Former District East Lothian
- Former County East Lothian
NT67NE 50 685 755
(NT 685 755) Site of General Leslie's Camp (NR) AD 1650.
OS 6" map (1957).
See also NT67NE 60.
The site of the camp of General Leslie and the Covenanting army immediately prior to their defeat at the Battle of Dunbar, 3rd September 1650, by Oliver Cromwell's Parliamentarian army (NT67NE 54).
'A few slight undulations of the ground are all that now remain to point out its site. It comprehended part of the ancient fort (NT67NE 60) which stood on its western side.'
Name Book 1853.
Apart from a few slight, unsurveyable undulations which may be associated with the camp, no trace of any remains could be found.
Visited by OS (RD), 25 March 1966.
