Tarvit Mill
Encampment(S) (Period Unassigned)
Site Name Tarvit Mill
Classification Encampment(S) (Period Unassigned)
Canmore ID 31501
Site Number NO31SE 20
NGR NO 3665 1217
NGR Description NO 3665 1217 and NO 3607 1260
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
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- Council Fife
- Parish Cupar
- Former Region Fife
- Former District North East Fife
- Former County Fife
NO31SE 20 3665 1217 and 3607 1260.
(Name at NO 3607 1260) Site of Encampment (NR) Lords of the Congregation AD 1559.
(Name at NO 3665 1217) Site of Encampment (NR) (Queen Regents Army AD 1559)
OS 6"map, (1938)
Treaty of Garlie Bank. Signed on the 13th June 1559, between the Duke of Chattelrault and Monsieur D'Oyfel commanding the army of the Queen Regent, and the Earl of Argyll and Lord James, prior of St. Andrews, leading the forces of the Congregation.
OSA 1795.
The Market Cross of Cupar was erected on Tarvit Hill (name at NO 3750 1216) to mark the spot where the treaty was signed. (This cross NO31SE 7) was later re-erected near its original site in the middle of the town of Cupar)
A H Millar 1895.
The encampment sites occur in cultivated fields. A modern monument dated 1897 stands on Tarvit Hill at NO 3754 1205 possibly on the spot where the market cross of Cupar had stood before.
Visited by OS (R D L) 21 May 1964.
As described above.
Visited by OS (R D) 30 March 1967.
