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(Lindores)
"All round this Monastery, was Earnside wood, where Wallace defeated the
English. It was anciently four miles in length and three in breadth: Now there
is nothing but some few shrubs to the east of the Abbey"
Sibbalds Hist: [History] of Fife Page 406

"At this latter place (Lindores) are the remains of an old Castle, which is noticed in Harry
the minstrels History of Wallace, and near to which, Balfour relates, a battle was fought in
June 1300 between the Scots, under that puissant leader, and the English, in which the latter
was routed with a loss of 3.000 slain. this engagement is Known as the battle of
Blackearnside "
Fullartons Gazetter Vol [Volume] 1 Page 3

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