Following their departure from Etal the next port of call for the Scottish army was Ford Castle where the army stayed encamped for 5 days before departing for Flodden Ridge. On James’ departure he torched the castle.
These days the castle mainly operates as a residential field study outdoor centre for young people and is not [...]
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Flodden Field Battle Trail – Part 4
13 Comments CherryPie on Oct 26th 2009
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The Maelmin Heritage Trail
Along with the Mesolithic Hut that I showed you in my previous post the Maelmin Heritage Trail also displays a reconstructed henge monument and a Dark Age house.
In the first picture you can see where the henge is in relation to the Mesolithic hut. The henge is based on the ground plan of the Milfield [...]
6 Comments CherryPie on Oct 25th 2009
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PhotoHunt – Tied
This Mesolithic hut is part of the Maelmin Heritage Trail at Millfield. The roof has been damaged by the weather, hence the ragged look. As you can see the supports are tied together.
Maelmin was the name of a royal township that existing near the modern day village of Milfield in Anglo-Saxon times. Today [...]
22 Comments CherryPie on Oct 23rd 2009
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Flodden Field Battle Trail – Part 3
After destroying Norham Castle the Scottish Army moved on to Etal castle which fell easily and was therefore left intact.
The castle was built in the early fourteenth century by Robert Manners, in a strategic position by a ford over the River Till. As a border stronghold, Etal was vulnerable to attack from Scottish raiders, and [...]
20 Comments CherryPie on Oct 22nd 2009
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Flodden Field Battle Trail – Part 2
The Scottish Army crossed the border into England at Coldstream, where they razed Wark Castle before moving onto Norham. They laid siege to Norham Castle for 6 days before destroying it and moving on.
A castle was first built at Norham in the twelfth century by a Bishop of Durham. The huge bulk of this building [...]
12 Comments CherryPie on Oct 21st 2009
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Flodden Field Battle Trail – Part 1
This is the first of what is intended to be a series of posts highlighting the places that were significant to the Battle of Flodden.
Before leaving on their journey to the borders, the Scottish Army assembled just outside Edinburgh.
Quite by fluke I found myself having an in-car picnic near the town of Duns where the [...]
13 Comments CherryPie on Oct 20th 2009
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Edinburgh Views
It seems that normal service has resumed at least for a while with my internet connection. So now I can share with you the impressive views that can be seen from Edinburgh Castle:
A larger version of the last picture can be viewed here.
18 Comments CherryPie on Oct 18th 2009
