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English: Battle of Roslin This important battle in the Wars of Scottish Independence was fought on the 24th February 1302/1303. (Until 1600 the year began on the 25th March and ended on the 24th March). A Scottish army of 8,000 men under Sir John Comyn and Sir Simon Fraser marched 16 miles from Biggar to confront an English army of 30,000. However the English army was split into 3 columns and the Scots dealt with each in turn with great slaughter. Local names refer to this with places such as 'Shinbones Field', 'Killburn' and 'Hewan' (or Hewings).
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Camera location55° 51′ 45.1″ N, 3° 09′ 16″ W  Heading=292° Kartographer map based on OpenStreetMap.View this and other nearby images on: OpenStreetMapinfo
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