battle, early modern

Cleanse the Causeway

Name: Cleanse the Causeway
Location: Edinburgh, United Kingdom

Cleanse the Causeway was a battle fought in 1520 at Edinburgh, in what is now United Kingdom. The recorded result: Douglas victory. Recorded strength: 500 against 500.

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Fought1520

WhereEdinburgh, United Kingdom55.950N, 3.188W

OutcomeDouglas victory

Belligerents22px Clan Douglasagainst22px Clan Hamilton

Casualties and lossesUnknown.and70–80

Record

Date	1520 (year precision)
Place	Edinburgh, United Kingdom 55.950N, 3.188W
Kind	Battle, early modern
Strength	500	500
Casualties and losses	Unknown.	70–80
Commanders	Archibald Douglas, 6th Earl of Angus Gavin Douglas	James Hamilton, 1st Earl of Arran Patrick Hamilton of Kincavil James Hamilton of Finnart

The recorded site, with the nearest other engagements in the atlas. Present-day coastlines, rivers and borders; towns from Natural Earth.

Nearest engagements

Battle of Boroughmuir 1335, 1.9 km S
Siege of Leith 1559, 2.9 km N
Battle of Pinkie 1547, 10.0 km E
Battle of Roslin 1303, 11 km S
Battle of Rullion Green 1666, 12 km S

Contested ground: this site was fought over 3 times between 1335 and 1559.

Elsewhere in 1520

Cleanse the Causeway is one of 1,390 engagements of the 16th century in the atlas and one of 695 in present-day United Kingdom.

Sources

Identity, coordinates, dates and the war from Wikidata Q5130585, released under CC0. Result, belligerents, commanders, strength and casualties from the infobox of the English Wikipedia article Cleanse the Causeway, revision 1370611670, 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. Dates before 1582 follow the Julian calendar as recorded.