Ebook: Killing Fields of Scotland: AD 83 to 1746

Most people are familiar with references to Scottish battles such as Bannockburn and Flodden but know little if anything about those events. Rugby and soccer fans outside Scotland may wonder at the sign '1314' held up by Scottish fans and not know that it is the date of the Battle of Bannockburn when an English king was defeated on Scottish soil. The battle is also commemorated in Scotland's unofficial national anthem, 'The Flower of Scotland'. Battles fought on Scottish soil include those of the Scottish Wars of Independence, those occasioned by the English Civil Wars and the Jacobite Rebelli.;Dedication; Title Page; Copyright Page; Table of Contents; List of Illustrations; List of Abbreviations; Acknowledgements; Foreword; Introduction; Chapter 1 -- The Roman Occupation; Mons Graupius; Notes; Chapter 2 -- The Dark Ages; Degsastan; Dún Nechtáin or Dunnichen Moss; Carrieblair; Athelstaneford; Dollar and Inverduvat; Luncarty; Cullen Fields; Mortlach or Mortlake; Notes; Chapter 3 -- The Early Middle Ages; Carham-on-Tweed; Torfness; Bordie; Lumphanan; Stracathro; Renfrew; Largs; Notes; Chapter 4 -- The Wars of Independence: 1296 -- 1313; Dunbar I; Stirling Bridge; Falkirk I; Roslin; Happrew.