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| List of names as written | Various modes of spelling | Authorities for spelling | Situation | Description remarks |
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| Site of BATTLE (Between the Covenanters and Royal Troops. 1666) [Rullion Green] | Site of Battle Between the Covenanters and Royal Troops 1666 Site of Battle Between the Covenanters and Royal Troops 1666 Site of Battle Between the Covenanters and Royal Troops 1666 The Battle of the Pentland Hills The Battle of the Pentland Hills The Battle of the Pentland Hills |
Revd. [Reverend] A. Torrence Mr. C. Borthwick Revd. [Reverend] S. Moncrieff Statistical Account 1845 Page 315 Maitland's History of Edinburgh Page 506 |
012 | About 1½ miles south-west by south of Woodhouselee. The site of this battle is shown on a hollow portion of ground on the farm of Rullion Green. It was fought on the 28th of November 1666 between the Covenanters and the Royal Troops under the command of Dalzell of Bins. The Covenanters were dispersed with many of their number killed. |
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