OS1/21/41/101
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| Mr Paton states that there have been found on Rob's Bog, by the drainers, at different times and places, Broken Swords, spears etc and Mr Black of Wandell Mill corroborates this statement and says he has seen pieces of weapons etc which were found there, but it is not known where any of these reliques are, nor could any person be found who could point out the exact spot where they were found, only by the general expression, "They were found on Rob's Bog". By following the course of the Culter Water and its tributaries upwards to Hardrig Head this bog could be approached from Biggar with ease. over |
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[page] 101Lanarkshire -- Lamington and Wandel Parish
Rob's Bog continued:
"Quhar Inglismen provisioune maks in wer, 630
It is full hard to do yaim mekill der;
On yis playne feild we will yaim nocht abyde,
To sum gud Strenth my purpose is to ryde.
Ye purviance, yat left was in yat Stede,
To Rops Bog he gert servands it lede, 635
With ordinance at Sothroune broucht it yar,
He with ye oft to Davis Schaw can far,
And yar ramaynede a gret space off ye day.
Off Inglismen yeit sumthing will I say.
As King Edward throuch Cultir Hoppis Socht, 640
Quhen he persavit ye Scotts folowed nocht,
In Jhonys Greyne he gert ye oftly Still;
Feill fleand folk assemblyt some hym till."
"The battle of Biggar is celebrated by Blind Harry, but not mentioned by any other historian. It is said to have taken place between the English under Edward I and the Scotts under Wallace, and to have ended in a great victory over the invaders. Appearances still exist, and traditions float among the people of the district, which leave little doubt of the engagement. Blind Harry says it was fought on marshy ground, and tradition points to a low lying field south east from Biggar, where pieces of broken armour have often been gathered". (New Stat Act. [Statistical Account] P.358, 359)
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