 Battle of Drumclog

The Battle of Drumclog was fought on 1 June 1679, between a group of Covenanters and the forces of John Graham of Claverhouse, at Drumclog, in South Lanarkshire, Scotland.Following the assassination of Archbishop James Sharp on Magus Muir and the "Declaration of Rutherglen", the Covenanters were on the verge of open rebellion.