Drumclog Moss

Drumclog Moss

Coordinates: 55°37′54″N 4°11′05″W / 55.63168°N 4.18459°W / 55.63168; -4.18459 Drumclog Moss is a flat wilderness of broken bog and quagmire in Lanarkshire, Scotland.

The Covenanters defeated Claverhouse's dragoons at the site in the 1679 Battle of Drumclog.

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