Lest We Forget - The Battle Traditional Cache
Lest We Forget - The Battle
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Lest We Forget The Battle of Roslin replaces the conventional Lest We Forget Roslin which has been replaced once too often!!
This cache is set outside of the village along a well surfaced road - but with no vehicular access, so the best place to park is near the war memorial and the information board, please stop and find out more. This cache is also very close to one of the clues of the multi cache Cold Blood. The monument is in memory of The Battle of Roslin. The number of men who fought varies according to which report you read, but all agree that a small army of Scots won a series of battles against a much greater English army in the Battle of Roslin. Henry St Clair of Roslin led 10,000 men into battle in Roslin where they defeated a superior English army of 30,000 in three separate engagements. The Battle has not been well remembered by history, since the Comyns were Robert the Bruce’s rivals for the throne - and history is written by the winners. However, its memory survives in placenames around Roslin. The nearby burn is called the Killburn, it is said to have run with blood. Shinbanes field so called as they ploughed up so many! The Hewan where the men were hewan to the ground. Stinking rigg where bodies decayed. Carnethy Hill, the hill on the skyline, is a corruption of Abernethy and the village of Glencorse, or rather its earlier name of Glencross, recalls the cross built by the Cistercian monks on the skyline to encourage the Scots. This monument was built on the site of an earlier memorial to Count Lockhart, the money and labour for this monument all came from local donations. The cache is a small box with room for small coins, please bring your own pen.
Breaking News - Monday 26th August 2019 Detectorist uncovers coin haul from 14th century Roslin battle https://www.scotsman.com/heritage/detectorist-uncovers-coin-haul-from-14th-century-roslin-battle-1-4991654 please be aware you may be watched - replace with care
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arj pyhr hasbeghangryl pyhr vgrz inavfurq
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