Supposed site of Camp
| < Cruickness, Cruicks, Inverkeithing Bay | Δ N.Q. Place Name | Witch Knowe, Gallow Bank > |
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| Supposed site of Camp | Cancel | Supposed Site of Camp | New Statistical Account of Scotland | A flat piece of ground on the Ferry Hills, supposed to be the place where Cromwell had an encampment prior to the Battle of Pitreavie. There are no works of any description (excepting a low hedge of earth on the north side facing the town of Inverkeithing) to denote its being a Camp. An old man named Ja[me]s. Brown was the only person who I could meet in the neighbourhood who seemed to be well acquainted with the name and place, and who 70 years ago found bullets of different sizes there.
Rev Mr Chalmers of Dunfermline, author of a His[tory] of Dunfermline Parish is not aware of Cromwell camping here. Mr Pringle of Ferry Barns assisted Mr Robinson (who has written the New Statistical account of the Parish) and he says he never heard of a Camp being in these hills. |
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| Supposed Site of Camp | James Brown Mill Row Inverkeithing |
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| Supposed Site of Cromwell’s Encampment | Mr William Pringle | ||||
| Supposed Site of Cromwell’s Encampment | Mr Angus, Inverkeithing, who farms the land | ||||
| Supposed Site of Cromwell’s Encampment | Peter Christie Inverkeithing |
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| Supposed Site of Cromwell’s Encampment | Mr Douglas, Banker, Dunfermline |
At the place of encampment of Cromwell’s troops on the Ferry Hills, swords and
English coins have been dug up, and cannon shot, almost consumed by
rust, have been found near the field of battle
| < Cruickness, Cruicks, Inverkeithing Bay | Δ N.Q. Place Name | Witch Knowe, Gallow Bank > |