Archaeology Notes

Event ID 732771

Category Descriptive Accounts

Type Archaeology Notes

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NY18SW 4 1101 8430.

(NY 1101 8430) Albie Thorn (NR) (Site of) Bell of Albie, slain 7th Dec. 1593.

OS 6" map (1957)

A thorn, planted, it is said, to mark the spot where Bell of Albie fell on the 7th December 1593 while in pursuit of the Maxwells after the battle of Dryfe Sands, was still standing in 1898.

NSA 1845 (W Dunbar); Name Book 1857

No trace: the site lies in a flat arable field.

Visited by OS (RD) 19 May 1966.