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Parish of Linlithgow

[Burgh Muir continued]
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It was on the lands now belonging to the town and lying to the east of it that
Edward I. encamped on the night previous to the battle of Falkirk so disastrous to the
Scottish patriots under Wallace. The warlike monarch slept in the open fields with
his horse beside him. During the night the animal struck the King on the side.
The accident caused great confusion in the Camp and to allay the tumult, Edward
regardless of pain mounted his charger and by riding through the army convinced
the soldiers that he was in safety. The same monarch is said to have built a castle
or peel at Linlithgow in the year 1300 where he spent the following Christmas.
New Stat. Acct. [Statistical Account] of Linlithgowshire page 171

Edward I. in July 1298 encamped on the Almond and fixed his quarters at Templeliston
where his army mutinied. On the 21st. of July the night before the battle of Falkirk Edward
encamped on the heath laying eastward of Linlithgow.
Penney's Hist. [History] of Linlithgowshire p. [page] 60