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| List of names as written | Various modes of spelling | Authorities for spelling | Situation | Description remarks |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| WALLACE'S CAMP (Site of) | Site of Wallace's Camp Site of Wallace's Camp |
Mr A W. Russell Parkhill Mr. R. Craig Newmill Mr. John Dickman |
004 | [situation] About 3/8 of a Mile E. by N. [East by North] from Parkhill The site of Wallace's Camp on the farm of Parkhill, raised by him and his followers prior to the Battle of Black Earnside, it is now levelled and under Cultivation. |
| Site of BATTLE OF BLACK EARNSIDE (1300) | Battle of Black Earnside 1300 (supposed site of) Battle of Black Earnside 1300 (supposed site of) Battle of Black Earnside 1300 (supposed site of) |
Mr. A W. Russell Parkhill Mr. R Craig Newmill Mr John Dickman Mr John Honeyman |
004 | [situation] About 1/2 Mile E [East] from Parkhill. An extensive tract of Country sloping down to the Tay, which in former times was Covered with wood but now Cultivated it is stated by Sibbald and other historians that it was on this ground that Wallace fought the Battle of Black Earnside in the year 1300, when he gained a victory over the English by Killing 3000 of them and taKing 300 prisoners. |
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[Page] 38Parish of Abdie -- Plan 4D. Trace 3.
Black Earnside [Note]
"It is supposed to have been on the lands of Parkhill,
then part of the forest of Earnside, that Sir William
Wallace fought the battle of Black Earnside yr [year]
1300, with the English, in which 3000 of the
latter were Killed, and 300 taken prisoners."
Leightons His. [History] of Fife page 148.
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