Boroughbridge
Boroughbridge is a small market town and civil parish in the Harrogate district of North Yorkshire, England, located on the banks of the River Ure at its confluence with the River Tutt.[1] The town has a population of approximately 3,000 residents and serves as a historic crossing point over the river, with roots tracing back to Roman times in the vicinity.[2] It gained prominence as the site of the Battle of Boroughbridge on 16 March 1322, where royal forces under Andrew Harclay defeated a rebel army led by Thomas, Earl of Lancaster, quelling a baronial uprising against King Edward II and securing a decisive victory for the crown.[3] Boroughbridge is also distinguished by the Devil's Arrows, a scheduled ancient monument consisting of three aligned standing stones erected during the Late Neolithic to Early Bronze Age (c. 2500–1000 BC), representing one of the most enigmatic prehistoric stone rows in Britain and providing evidence of early ceremonial or ritual practices.[4]