battle, early modern

Battle of Rullion Green

Name: Battle of Rullion Green
Start: 1666-11-28
Location: Pentland Hills, United Kingdom

Battle of Rullion Green was a battle fought on 28 November 1666 at Pentland Hills, in what is now United Kingdom. The recorded result: Royalist victory. Recorded strength: 2,000 – 3,000 against 750 – 1,100.

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Fought28 November 1666

WherePentland Hills, United Kingdom55.850N, 3.255W

OutcomeRoyalist victory

BelligerentsScottish Royal ArmyagainstCovenanter insurgents

Casualties and lossesLightand40 to 50 killed; 36 later executed

Battlefield todayBattle of Rullion Green battlefieldHistoric Environment Scotland entry BTL27, 484 ha

Record

Date	28 November 1666
Place	Pentland Hills, United Kingdom 55.850N, 3.255W
Kind	Battle, early modern
Strength	2,000 – 3,000	750 – 1,100
Casualties and losses	Light	40 to 50 killed; 36 later executed
Commanders	Tam Dalyell of the Binns William Drummond, 1st Viscount Strathallan	James Wallace of Auchens Joseph Learmont

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.

Nearest engagements

Battle of Roslin 1303, 5.5 km E
Battle of Boroughmuir 1335, 10 km NE
Cleanse the Causeway 1520, 12 km N
Siege of Leith 1559, 15 km N
Battle of Pinkie 1547, 17 km NE

Elsewhere in 1666

Four Days' Battle United Kingdom
St. James's Day Battle United Kingdom
Holmes's Bonfire Netherlands
Battle of Matwy Poland
Battle of Ścianą Ukraine

Historic Environment Scotland registers this as the Battle of Rullion Green battlefield (entry BTL27), 484 hectares, under the Open Government Licence.

Battle of Rullion Green 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 Q4872215, released under CC0. Result, belligerents, commanders, strength and casualties from the infobox of the English Wikipedia article Battle of Rullion Green, revision 1376182424, 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.