What the records say
- When
- Jul 1460 – 14 Aug 1460
- Kind
- Siege
- Coordinates
- 55.60° N, 2.46° W
- Description
- 1460 siege during Anglo-Scottish Wars
Capture of Roxburgh (1460)
Siege during Anglo-Scottish Wars
The capture of Roxburgh was a siege that took place during the Anglo-Scottish Wars. Following the Second War of Scottish Independence intermittent conflict continued along the Anglo-Scottish border with Roxburgh Castle being held by the English since 1346 and by the 1380s was one of the last English held strongholds in Scotland.
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