References


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The Battle

The Historic Environment Scotland website has a map of the battle area and an account of the battle

Battle of Inverkeithing II (BTL23) (historicenvironment.scot)

Contemporary Sources

Here are copies of a number of documents that give accounts of the battle. They were all written by the victors.

“Mercurius Politicus”, the” Armie Intelligencer” and “Weekly Intelligencer” were weekly publications much like a newspaper or magazine

Mercurius Politicus

Armie Intelligencer

Weekly Intelligencer

“A Perfect Account” and “A Great Victory” were special edition publications.

A Perfect Account

A great victory

The following three documents are collections of letters that describe the battle

Roundhead Letters – extracts

More letters from Scotland

Collections by a Private Hand

History of the Clan MacLean

Clan MacLean extracts

Fate of the Scots Colours

House of Commons Journal Volume 10 Sep 1650

Kings and Queens.

The list of Pictish Kings came from Wikipedia

List of kings of the Picts – Wikipedia

The Kings and Queens of Scotland, England and Britain are from Historic UK

Kings and Queens of Scotland – Historic UK (historic-uk.com)

Kings and Queens of England & Britain – Historic UK (historic-uk.com)


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