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Battle of Roundway Down

Battle of Roundway Down was a battle fought on 13 July 1643 at Devizes, in what is now United Kingdom. It was part of the English Civil War, which ran from 1642 to 1651. The recorded result: Royalist victory. Recorded strength: 1,800 horse against 2,500 horse; 2,500 foot; 8 guns.

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Roundway Down near Devizes, Wiltshire, England. Site of the Civil War battle of that name.
Roundway Down near Devizes, Wiltshire, England. Site of the Civil War battle of that name.. Doug Lee, CC BY-SA 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons.
Fought13 July 1643
WhereDevizes, United Kingdom51.385N, 1.980W
OutcomeRoyalist victory
BelligerentsRoyalistsagainstParliamentarians
Casualties and lossesMinimaland600 killed; 1,200 captured
Battlefield todayBattle of Roundway Down battlefieldHistoric England entry 1000030, 972 ha
Part ofEnglish Civil War1642 to 1651

Where it sits in the English Civil War

Siege of Portsmouth, 1642Battle of Kings Norton, 1642Siege of Chichester, 1642First Battle of Middlewich, 1643Battle of Ripple Field, 1643Battle of Sourton Down, 1643Battle of Roundway Down, 1643Siege of Basing House, 1643Battle of Alton, 1643Battle of Boldon Hill, 1644Relief of Newark, 1644Battle of Cheriton, 1644Siege of York, 1644Bolton Massacre, 1644Battle of Cropredy Bridge, 1644Battle of Marston Moor, 1644Battle of Ormskirk, 1644Battle of Weymouth, 1645Battle of Naseby, 1645Siege of Bristol, 1645Battle of Rowton Heath, 1645Battle of Stow-on-the-Wold, 1646Protestant Revolution, 168916421689Battle of Roundway Down, 1643
23 placed engagements of the English Civil War in time order; taller ticks are more widely documented. Each tick is a link.

Record

Date13 July 1643
PlaceDevizes, United Kingdom
51.385N, 1.980W
KindBattle, early modern
Strength1,800 horse2,500 horse; 2,500 foot; 8 guns
Casualties and lossesMinimal600 killed; 1,200 captured
Commanders
Battle of Roundway DownBattle of Roundway Down5 km51.385N, 1.980W
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Historic England registers this as the Battle of Roundway Down battlefield (entry 1000030), 972 hectares, under the Open Government Licence.

Battle of Roundway Down is one of 1,470 engagements of the 17th century in the atlas and one of 695 in present-day United Kingdom.

Sources

Identity, coordinates, dates and the war from Wikidata Q1406897, released under CC0. Result, belligerents, commanders, strength and casualties from the infobox of the English Wikipedia article Battle of Roundway Down, revision 1371653569, 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 England (Open Government Licence). Dates before 1582 follow the Julian calendar as recorded.