Killing Fields of Scotland : AD 83 to 1746

353 Pages·2013·12.37 MB·English

by  Pugh

For Ella and Louie, in the hope that they will never
experience the terrible tragedy of war
Killing Fields of Scotland
AD83 to 1746
R J M Pugh
First published in Great Britain in 2013 by
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Copyright © Roy Pugh 2013
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Table of Contents
Dedication
Title Page
Copyright Page
List of Illustrations
List of Abbreviations
Acknowledgements
Foreword
Introduction
Chapter 1 - The Roman Occupation
Chapter 2 - The Dark Ages
Chapter 3 - The Early Middle Ages
Chapter 4 - The Wars of Independence: 1296 – 1313
Chapter 5 - The Wars of Independence: Bannockburn, 1314
Chapter 6 - The Wars of Independence: 1329 – 1371
Chapter 7 - The Stewart Dynasty: 1371 – 1541
Chapter 8 - The Rough Wooing and Mary, Queen of Scots: 1542 – 1568
Chapter 9 - Civil Wars: 1594 – 1654
Chapter 10 - The Killing Time: 1666 – 1688
Chapter 11 - Jacobites: 1689 – 1719
Chapter 12 - Jacobites: 1745 – 1746
Appendix
Select Bibliography
Index
Battle maps courtesy of Moira Dempster, Dunbar. © Moira Dempster 2013. The
map of the battle of Dunbar 1650 featured in The Life of General George Monck:
For King & Cromwell by Peter Reese is reproduced by kind permission of Peter
Reese and Paul H. Vickers. © Paul H. Vickers, 2008
List of Illustrations
1.Aberlemno Stone depicting what is believed to be a scene from the battle of
Dún Nechtáin, AD 685. By kind permission and courtesy of the Reverend
Brian Ramsay, Aberlemno Parish Church, near Forfar (photograph by Mark
Hooghiemstra).
2.Close-up of Aberlemno Stone showing detail. By kind permission and
courtesy of the Reverend Brian Ramsay, Aberlemno Parish Church
(photograph by Mark Hooghiemstra).
3.Possible site of the first battle of Dunbar, 1296. (Courtesy of John V. Harris.)
4.Athelstaneford Visitor, commemorating the battle of Athelstaneford, AD
832. (Courtesy of John V. Harris.)
5.& 6. Wallace Monument, Abbeycraig, Stirling. (Courtesy of Simon Lee.)
7.Detail of two statues of William Wallace. (Courtesy of Simon Lee.)
8.Full statue of Robert the Bruce by C. d’O. Pilkington Jackson. (Courtesy of
Simon Lee.)
9.Close-up of Bruce wielding his war axe. (Courtesy of Simon Lee.)
10.Robert the Bruce. (Courtesy of Simon Lee.)
11.Oliver Cromwell. (Author’s collection.)
12.David Leslie. (Author’s collection.)
13.James Graham, 1st Marquis of Montrose. (Painting attributed to William
van Hauthorst.)
14.Monumental inscription commemorating the Battle of Dunbar, 1650.
(Author’s collection.)
15.John, Lord Graham of Claverhouse, 1st Viscount Dundee. Painting by an
unknown artist. (Courtesy of the National Galleries of Scotland.)
16.Charles Edward Stuart, Bonnie Prince Charlie. (Author’s collection.)
17.Drummossie Moor. (Courtesy of Simon Lee.)
18.Monument to the raising of the Jacobite Standard at Glenfinnan. (Courtesy
of Simon Lee.)
19.Scene depicting the battle of Culloden, 1746, from an engraving published
in 1797. (Courtesy of the National Museum of Scotland.)
20.William Augustus, Duke of Cumberland. Painting after Sir Joshua
Reynolds. (Courtesy of the National Galleries of Scotland.)
21.Inscription on the Culloden Memorial Cairn, Drummossie Moor. (Courtesy
of Simon Lee.)
22.Clan Mackintosh grave. (Courtesy of Simon Lee.)
23.Clan Fraser grave. (Courtesy of Simon Lee.)