Halidon Hill

Halidon Hill
Battle of Halidon Hill cairn
Map showing the location of Halidon Hill
Map showing the location of Halidon Hill
LocationNorthumberland, England
OS gridNT968548
Coordinates55°47′13″N 2°03′07″W / 55.787°N 2.052°W / 55.787; -2.052

Halidon Hill is a mountain located approximately 2 miles (3 kilometers) west of Berwick-upon-Tweed, on the boundary between England and Scotland. It stands 600 feet (180 meters) tall. The hill's name implies that it formerly had a fortress on its top. At the Battle of Halidon Hill in 1333, Edward III of England defeated a Scottish force headed by Archibald the "Tyneman" Douglas, Regent of Scotland, with longbowmen on the hill's crest.[1][2]

References

  1. ↑ HMC Salisbury Hatfield, vol. 5 (London, 1894), p. 192: William Acres, Letters of Lord Burleigh to his son Robert Cecil (Cambridge, 2017), p. 171.
  2. ↑ Thomas Thomson, James Melville, Memoirs of his own life (Edinburgh, 1827), p. 173.

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