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Battle of Drumclog

Battle of Drumclog was a battle fought on 1 June 1679 at South Lanarkshire, in what is now United Kingdom. The recorded result: Covenanter victory. Recorded strength: 200 against Unknown.

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Monument to the Battle of Drumclog (1679), Lanarkshire, Scotland. Taken by Supergolden on 29th October 2005.
Monument to the Battle of Drumclog (1679), Lanarkshire, Scotland. Taken by Supergolden on 29th October 2005.. No machine-readable author provided. Supergolden assumed (based on copyright claims)., CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons.
Fought1 June 1679
WhereSouth Lanarkshire, United Kingdom55.632N, 4.185W
OutcomeCovenanter victory
BelligerentsCovenanter rebelsagainstScotland
Casualties and lossesUnknownand36 killed
Battlefield todayBattle of Drumclog battlefieldHistoric Environment Scotland entry BTL21, 131 ha

Record

Date1 June 1679
PlaceSouth Lanarkshire, United Kingdom
55.632N, 4.185W
KindBattle, early modern
Strength200Unknown
Casualties and lossesUnknown36 killed
Commanders
  • William Cleland (poet)
  • John Graham, 1st Viscount Dundee
Battle of DrumclogBattle of DrumclogBattle of Loudoun HillBattle of Loudoun Hill5 km55.632N, 4.185W
The recorded site, with the nearest other engagements in the atlas. The dashed outline is the registered battlefield area (Historic Environment Scotland). Present-day coastlines, rivers and borders; towns from Natural Earth.

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Elsewhere in 1679

Historic Environment Scotland registers this as the Battle of Drumclog battlefield (entry BTL21), 131 hectares, under the Open Government Licence.

Battle of Drumclog is one of 1,553 engagements of the 17th century in the atlas and one of 753 in present-day United Kingdom.

Sources

Identity, coordinates, dates and the war from Wikidata Q4870928, released under CC0. Result, belligerents, commanders, strength and casualties from the infobox of the English Wikipedia article Battle of Drumclog, revision 1370109919, read 2026-11-14, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0; the article's text is not reproduced here. Present-day country and state from Natural Earth. Battlefield boundary and area from Historic Environment Scotland (Open Government Licence). Dates before 1582 follow the Julian calendar as recorded.