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DG8
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I remember seeing an old map which had a battlefield marked near Machermore Castle, Minnigaff but I have searched without success to find reference to it. Can anyone put some light onto this please.
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Skoosh
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Levellar, only thing I can find is 1306 Robert the Bruce defeated the Earl of Pembroke at Loch Trool and a skirmish between the Covenanters & Dragoons at the same place in 1685.......Skoosh.
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DG8
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Thanks for your time and effort Skoosh, but I'm still convinced that the battlefield I saw on the old military map was in a field two/three miles on the outskirts of Minnigaff. I know about the Glentrool and Clatteringshaws sites but they are roughly about 16 miles from Newton Stewart and it was neither of them.
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KirstyG
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It's marked on here http://geo.nls.uk/os6inch/google.html but only if you zoom in to the white map with coloured roads..
Also on Ordnance Survey, One-inch to the mile maps of Scotland
3rd Edition - 1903-1912
Sheet 4 Wigtown.
http://www.nls.uk/maps/os/oneinch_3rd_list.html
Site of Battle AD 1308, just to the north west of Machermore Castle. Only the Cairn is marked on most of the other maps I think.
Kirsty
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Galloway, Landers, Lindsay, Gillespie, Irvine
Erskine, McAdam, Hawthorn
Robertson, Duncan, Edmonstone, Black
Anderson, Nicholson, Crombie, MacDonald
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Skoosh
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Kirsty, it must have been Robert the Bruce having another crack at the Auld enemy!......Skoosh.
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KirstyG
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I believe it was. Castle Douglas was raided that year, and a massacre ensued.
The English were kicked out and Edward Bruce given the Lands.
Kirsty
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Galloway, Landers, Lindsay, Gillespie, Irvine
Erskine, McAdam, Hawthorn
Robertson, Duncan, Edmonstone, Black
Anderson, Nicholson, Crombie, MacDonald
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DG8
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Cheers Kirsty - that is spot on there is two recorded battles just outside Minnigaff no more than 2 miles. Thank you for the link to the map. Would I be breaking any rule if I post a copy of the map on this site?
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KirstyG
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The maps are copyright NLS.
This is what their site says:
Copyright
"Screen prints may be made of these maps for non-commercial educational and private purposes. Written permission must be obtained in advance to reproduce any digital material from the Library's collections, whether in hard copy or electronic forms."
Kirsty
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Galloway, Landers, Lindsay, Gillespie, Irvine
Erskine, McAdam, Hawthorn
Robertson, Duncan, Edmonstone, Black
Anderson, Nicholson, Crombie, MacDonald
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DG8
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Thanks kirsty I do not know why I asked the question in the first place (old age) I was thinking about how the person whom I had the discussion with in the first place would see the map as he does not have Internet?
So why did I asked if I could put it onto this site for him to see it - dementia/old age/ thick fart all spring to mind.
Very sorry for wasting your time with my stupidity and thanks for your help in confirming that there was a battle outside Minnigaff.
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