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Adam Brown Curator
Joined: 14 Dec 2006 Posts: 7312 Location: Edinburgh (From Sutherland)
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Posted: Wed Jan 17, 2007 8:43 pm Post subject: EDINBURGH, The Bore Stone (Flodden) |
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The Bore Stone
Location: Top of Morningside Road (Church Hill)
OS Ref:NT 245 715
UKNIWM Ref no: 44636
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Last edited by Adam Brown on Tue Nov 05, 2013 3:26 pm; edited 1 time in total |
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Adam Brown Curator
Joined: 14 Dec 2006 Posts: 7312 Location: Edinburgh (From Sutherland)
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Posted: Mon Aug 18, 2008 10:54 pm Post subject: |
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Thank you to member ADP who pointed out that both the person who submitted this memorial to the UKNIWM and I have mistaken the first letter of the second word on this memorial for an 'S' when it is in fact a 'B'.
I have now amended the title and I will contact the UKNIWM.
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Adam Brown Curator
Joined: 14 Dec 2006 Posts: 7312 Location: Edinburgh (From Sutherland)
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Posted: Fri Sep 20, 2013 9:10 pm Post subject: |
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The Edinburgh Reporter reports that the plaque has now been refurbished to commemorate the 500th anniversary of the Battle of Flodden
http://www.theedinburghreporter.co.uk/2013/09/flodden-plaque-put-up-in-morningside/
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Today members of the South Central Neighbourhood Partnership (SCNP), Merchiston and Morningside Community Council met along with local Councillor Sandy Howat to celebrate the restoration of the marker plaque in Morningside Road of the 500th anniversary of the battle of Flodden in 1513.
The organisations raised £1,700 via the SCNP to restore the plaque as a mark of respect for the fallen of Flodden.
According to legend the Scottish army under James IV set off from this point on the Burgh muir to go to Flodden. Two thousand men from Edinburgh’s trades left with him and never returned.
A spokesperson for the two bodies said:-”In all an estimated 10,000 Scots died in one of the bloodiest defeats in our history. We felt it was important to mark the event.” |
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