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Archaeology Notes

Event ID 721600

Category Descriptive Accounts

Type Archaeology Notes

Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/event/721600

NT67NE 28 6750 7604.

(NT 6750 7604) Site of Battle (NR) Between the English and Scots AD 1296.

OS 6" map (1959)

The Battle of Dunbar fought in 1296 was between a Scottish force, marching to relieve the besieged Dunbar Castle (NT67NE 8) and an English force under the Earl Warren. The Scots were routed. The Ordnance Survey Name Book (ONB) states that the battle started in the valley between Broomhouse Mill (NT 6827 7638) and Oswald Dean (NT 6895 7652) and spread over a wide area.

NSA 1845 (J Jaffray); Name Book 1853

Battle of Dunbar - 27th April 1296.

L H Dawson, undated

No further information.

Visited by OS (RD) 22 March 1966

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