What the records say
- When
- 1593
- Kind
- Battle
- Coordinates
- 55.20° N, 3.40° W
- Description
- Scottish clan battle between Clan Maxwell and Clan Johnstone in 1593
Placed at the area, not an exact site.
2 sources record it
- Wikidata: battles and siegesWikidata contributorsCreative Commons CC0 1.0 (public domain dedication)Source page
- Wikipedia year pages (English), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “The Battle of Dryfe Sands takes place in Scotland at Annandale, between rival clans as John Maxwell leads Clan Maxwell, aided by Clan Grierson and Clan Pollock”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page
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