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Carberry Hill

Battle Site (16th Century)

Site Name Carberry Hill

Classification Battle Site (16th Century)

Alternative Name(s) Queen Mary's Mount

Canmore ID 53373

Site Number NT36NE 5

NGR NT 373 695

Datum OSGB36 - NGR

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  • Council East Lothian
  • Parish Inveresk (East Lothian)
  • Former Region Lothian
  • Former District East Lothian
  • Former County Midlothian

Archaeology Notes

NT36NE 5 373 695

See also NT36NE 6.

(Name: NT 375 696) Here Queen Mary surrendered to the Confederate Lords 15th June 1567 (NAT)

OS 6" map (1967)

At Carberry Hill, on a piece of ground known now as Queen Mary's Mount (Name NT 373 695), Mary, Queen of Scots surrendered to the Confederate Lords on the 15th June 1567 (and was subsequently imprisoned in Loch Leven Castle).

F H Groome 1901

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