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Archaeology Notes
Event ID 716125
Category Descriptive Accounts
Type Archaeology Notes
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/event/716125
NT53NW 41 5062 3508
"Englishmen's Sike". The name commemorates the killing of Englishmen by the inhabitants of Galashiels in 1337.
RCAHMS 1957
English raiders returning south were slain, whilst eating wild plums, by local foresters at a place called the Englishmen's Syke, now marked by The Raid Stane.
W Rutherford 1930
The Galashiels burgh coat of arms and motto, "Soor Plooms", was derived from this skirmish.
Information from RCAHMS (KM) 14 January 1991
