Yes 11 June 1488 there was a battle...
On Saturday I was walking at the Bannock- burn and I came a cross a plague that I must have seen before.
Near the Burn at Milton this signage talks of the murder of James the III of Scotland on the 11 June 1488 at or after the Battle of Sauchieburn. The battle was about two miles south of Stirling and about a mile south of the previously favoured site of the Battle of Bannockburn ( 1314).
Map of uk battlefields
This Battle of Suachieburn was the down fall of the king. We are not sure about his death, some say on the field of battle some say he was murdered at Milton taking refuge and asked to speak with a priest and a noble man claiming to be a priest entered the house and killed him.
So on Saturday we pass the signage mentioning the possible murder in the area.
Now the reason for my walk was to go back to the Bannockburn where some 40 plus years ago some local Christians baptised me in the burn after it had been dammed up a bit to give a dearth of water fit enough for a full immersion. The burn at Milton was far more over grown at the ford than I had remembered. The ford was a major crossing those many years ago. The crossing was where the English army came across at the Battle of Bannockburn and met the Scottish army a few miles north, at either Whins of Milton where the Tourst site is or at the carse which is nearer the Forth river and down from the woods behind the now Bannockburn High School.
This hot Saturday I was able to rekindle several memories from my youth.
Battle of Sauchieburn
Battle of Bannockburn
Blog mentioning Sauchieburn battle
On Saturday I was walking at the Bannock- burn and I came a cross a plague that I must have seen before.
Near the Burn at Milton this signage talks of the murder of James the III of Scotland on the 11 June 1488 at or after the Battle of Sauchieburn. The battle was about two miles south of Stirling and about a mile south of the previously favoured site of the Battle of Bannockburn ( 1314).
Map of uk battlefields
This Battle of Suachieburn was the down fall of the king. We are not sure about his death, some say on the field of battle some say he was murdered at Milton taking refuge and asked to speak with a priest and a noble man claiming to be a priest entered the house and killed him.
So on Saturday we pass the signage mentioning the possible murder in the area.
Now the reason for my walk was to go back to the Bannockburn where some 40 plus years ago some local Christians baptised me in the burn after it had been dammed up a bit to give a dearth of water fit enough for a full immersion. The burn at Milton was far more over grown at the ford than I had remembered. The ford was a major crossing those many years ago. The crossing was where the English army came across at the Battle of Bannockburn and met the Scottish army a few miles north, at either Whins of Milton where the Tourst site is or at the carse which is nearer the Forth river and down from the woods behind the now Bannockburn High School.
This hot Saturday I was able to rekindle several memories from my youth.
Battle of Sauchieburn
Battle of Bannockburn
Blog mentioning Sauchieburn battle
