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| List of names as written | Various modes of spelling | Authorities for spelling | Situation | Description remarks |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Supposed Site of Battle (Between the Armies of Malcolm III and Constantine the Usurper. 995) [Newbridge] | Site of Battle (Between Malcolm ll [2nd] and Constantine The Usurper 995) Site of Battle (Between Malcolm ll [2nd] and Constantine The Usurper 995) |
Rev [Reverend] Mr Tait Stat. Acct. [Statistical Account] 1845 |
005 | [Situation] About 1 1/2 miles NW by N [North West by North] of Ratho village. This place is pointed in the locality as being the site of a battle which took place about the ye [year] 995 between the Army of Malcolm ll [2nd] King of Scotland, Commanded by his natural brother Kenneth and th [those] of Constantine the usurper of the crown. There are standing stones [and ?] a tumulus at this place & at a [considerable ?] distance north of this place is a large standing stone called the Catstane there were also many other indications of this conflict found from time to time in the district for about two miles along the River Almond. In this district there were found from time to time many Stone coffins and other remains of internments which would indicate a battle field - See, Also Page 11 of this Book. This battle is recorded in Buchanans History of Scotland in which it is stated that the battle took place at the mouth of the River Almond in which the two generals were Killed & the army of Constantine defeated, with gre [great] Slaughter on both sides See Buchanans History by Watkins, London 1827 Page 137. "At Lochend near Newbridge in the County of Edinburgh Some large stones are set up where a battle was fought in the year 995 between Kenneth, the natural brother of Malcolm, Second King of Scotland and Commander of his forces, and Constantine, the usurper of the crown. About a mile & a half to the westward of Newbridge several large stone Coffins have been from time to time discovered. Farther down the course of the Almond nearly two miles on the property of Mr Ramsay of Barnton a solitary monumental stone has been erected in memory of the same battle named Catstane supposed to be a corruption of Constantine and to have been erected to the honour of Constantine one the Commanders in the same engagement who was there slain & interred - When the turnpike road by Loanhead was cut through spurs and heads of spears were found under the surface of the ground". Stat. Acct. [Statistical Account] of Edinburghshire 1845 Page 137-8 |
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